| 单词 | champion |
| 释义 | champion (tʃæmpiən ) Word forms: champions , championing , championed 1. countable noun B1 A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight. ...a former Commonwealth champion. Kasparov became world champion. ...a champion boxer and skier. Synonyms: winner, hero, victor, conqueror 2. countable noun If you are a champion of a person, a cause, or a principle, you support or defend them. He received acclaim as a champion of the oppressed. He was once known as a champion of social reform. [+ of] Synonyms: defender, guardian, patron, backer 3. verb If you champion a person, a cause, or a principle, you support or defend them. He passionately championed the poor. [VERB noun] The amendments had been championed by pro-democracy activists. [be VERB-ed + by] Synonyms: support, back, defend, promote Collocations: beat the champions They have yet to beat the Chinese world champions. Times, Sunday Times (2007) West Germany topped Group Two by beating European champions Spain 2-1. The Sun (2016) Beating the champions is an entirely different proposition. The Sun (2007) Who would champion this idea and do they have time? Times, Sunday Times Instead, the focus needs to be on building trust, restoring the broken relationships, or finding someone else to champion the idea. Christianity Today Scientists who champion the idea of an old head suggest that the vertebrate head resulted from the evolution of important modifications to a previously existing head. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The former prime minister championed the idea of the big society, an agenda that aimed to empower communities by devolving power from central government. Times,Sunday Times Military leaders and heroes are also championing the idea. The Sun Incredibly, the champion surfer, 34, managed to punch the shark in the back. Times, Sunday Times The world's top fashion doll plays a champion surfer who sets off on an amazing underwater adventure. The Sun He has claimed that if he wasn't an actor he would like to be a world champion surfer, a climber, a cartoonist or a novelist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He happens to be one of the world's champion surfers. Christianity Today They all became champion surfers, but none of them ever went near a school. Times, Sunday Times He was a superb ice skater and a champion swimmer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She was highlighted as a gymnast and became a champion swimmer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While in school, he was a champion swimmer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They found that while the average human has gained about 1.9in in height, champion swimmers have grown 4.5in and champion runners 6.4in. Times, Sunday Times To the untrained eye, all champion swimmers appear to have identical physiques - tall and lean, with broad shoulders and slim hips. Times, Sunday Times It takes time to become a champion team. Times, Sunday Times Other national supporters and non-patriots need not waste their thoughts on the all-too-obvious mortality of this supposed champion team. Times, Sunday Times The team established themselves as the first champion team of the country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The final series took all five games to decide the champion team. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a member of the 4 x 100 metres relay state champion team, with a time of 42.20 seconds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The singer, 29, right, will help champion the rights of some of the world's poorest youngsters. The Sun It was set up in 2005 to support new and inexperienced campaigners, and to champion the right to campaign. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the other, he's raging against this night — luxuriating in the odd bit of pilfering and championing his right to bad behaviour. Times, Sunday Times He champions the right of every community to operate its own organizations and manage its own groups. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Throughout her career, she championed the rights of black actors and characters to be depicted with dignity on film. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then, when the team won the champion title in that season she felt comforted and happy again. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 20 participants were split in two groups with winners playing for the champion title and runners-up for the third place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Contracts he signed left the fighter with little more than $50,000, even though he won and defended a cruiserweight world champion title. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fight to champion title continue till the last match in the season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another two year later (1998) he claimed his first cadet world champion title. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Another friend, a champion wrestler, kept a poster on the wall of the basement where he worked out with weights. Christianity Today He was also a national prep champion wrestler in both 1992 and 1993. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During his time at the school he participated in track and field, was a state champion wrestler, played trumpet and was the marching band drum major. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are the occasional success stories - of a chess champion or a ballet dancer who made it out of the urban squalor. Times, Sunday Times He was of course a county chess champion in his prime. Times, Sunday Times This year, at 22, in a -display of youthful energy and tactical brilliance that left his 44-year-old rival floundering, he became world chess champion. Times, Sunday Times Whose 27-year reign as world chess champion began in 1895? Times, Sunday Times It got to be embarrassing, constantly being introduced as a chess champion at parties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each episode in the four-part series will crown a champion, and the winner will walk away with a cash prize rather than a record contract. The Sun The five teams then play another double round-robin (for 8 additional matches) to crown the champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The top two placed teams then play a grand final over two legs to crown the champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each tier plays out a regular season schedule, and then each tier conducts a playoff to crown a champion for the tier. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 National baseball teams from around the world compete with one another to crown a champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cup champion three times with a record 86 race wins to his credit. Times, Sunday Times During this period he became league champion in 1982, 1983, 1985, and 1990, and cup champion in 1983, 1986 and 1987. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The team with the best record at the end of the cup was crowned the cup champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She was the overall world cup champion during the 07/08 season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The athlete (or boat) that accumulates the highest number of points from all world cup races in the given discipline becomes the overall world cup champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You can imagine the thoughts that ran through our heads as the defending champion disappeared from view. Times, Sunday Times (2011) As he flew into sharp corners, it seemed the defending champion had taken leave of his senses. Times, Sunday Times (2016) At this stage the defending champion had lost a mere 11 games in four matches and looked invincible. ITF World of Tennis (1993) But the defending champion smacked over a running backhand which almost knocked the Slovenian off his feet. The Sun (2014) In the division series, the winner of the wild-card game will always face whichever division champion has the best record. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Also, divisions need to be roughly equal in size to ensure that each team has an equal chance of becoming division champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this case the two teams in the same division play a one game playoff, with the winner declared the division champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each division champion receives a championship plaque for their season and, along with two wildcard clubs, compete for the championship title. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With the former, which he represented in two different spells, he was always crowned top division champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The eventual champion picked up birdies of his own at the 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th and 15th and was in cruise control. Times, Sunday Times In the 42 previous times this tournament has been contested, the eventual champion was somebody who on 22 occasions lost a match in the round-robin phase. Times, Sunday Times He could have been the eventual champion of the season, but out of loyalty to his manager, he opted to leave the competition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The judges however thought differently and scored a split decision win for the eventual champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Did we see the eventual champions? The Sun The former featherweight champion, who quit the ring in 2002, lost only once in 37 fights, winning 31 by knockout. Times, Sunday Times He knocked the former undefeated world featherweight champion all round the ring for 12 rounds. Times, Sunday Times Bass was world featherweight champion and world junior lightweight champion during his career. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His 19 successful defenses as world featherweight champion are a record for that division. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He became the national featherweight champion that year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Starting in 2011 the football champion will be decided by regular season play. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were football champions in every sense of the word. Times, Sunday Times N-48 have been national football champions ten times. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But on the auction block, a bidding war broke out, and one of the sheep fetched the highest price of the day—more than the grand champion. Smithsonian Mag It was the first time a grand champion has lost a bout because of a foul, let alone been cited for something as embarrassing as pulling hair. Globe and Mail The grand champion will receive a total amount of 2,000,000 while the second and third placers will receive 100,000 each. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She won for eight straight weeks and became the grand champion of the show in 1984. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the other hand, after being dubbed as the grand champion of the season, their win had to face criticism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He plans to be retired a year hence as undisputed world heavyweight champion, to embark on a career as a movie action hero. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The ageing fighter comes out of retirement to take on the reigning heavyweight champion. The Sun (2012) This week he proclaimed modestly that he was going to become heavyweight champion and then the world's leading promoter. Times, Sunday Times (2008) You're the former undisputed world cruiserweight champion and four times heavyweight champion of the world. The Sun (2014) They must have formed preconceived ideas about the former world heavyweight champion. The Sun (2009) It was the birthplace, in 1919, of a boxer crowned world light-heavyweight champion in 1948. Times, Sunday Times A brave, aggressive but clever fighter, he was good enough to remain world light-heavyweight champion from 1974-77. The Sun Spinks was nearly floored in round eight, but he stayed upright and won a 15 round unanimous decision to become the undisputed world light-heavyweight champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He had been replaced as champion by a boxer who would go on to be world light-heavyweight champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The former world middleweight champion filed for bankruptcy in 2005 over a 1.3million tax bill. The Sun Also, the former super middleweight champion has a point to prove in this area. Times, Sunday Times I don't care if he's the middleweight champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was recognized as middleweight champion of the world between 1936 and 1938. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tiger had been a two-time world middleweight champion and was defending his world light-heavyweight crown that night. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He recommends investors go for a combination of 'national champion' banks and defensive sectors in the bond markets. Times, Sunday Times At 17, he was the youngest national champion in the 60-kilogram category. Times, Sunday Times He merely wants to be perceived as a national champion. Times, Sunday Times He was a national champion at the age of ten, and a serial winner thereafter. Times,Sunday Times A merger between the two has long been seen as a way to make them stronger and to create a national champion. Times, Sunday Times Démare, crowned under-23 world road race champion two years ago, thanked his team for making the victory possible. Times, Sunday Times He was also the national points race champion in 2005. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The road race champion can wear it in any race except races rode as a national team and time trials. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was world youth champion three years in succession and later became world match race champion three times. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the grand final, 10 finalists will vie to be the series champion and win 200,700, as it's the year 2007! The Sun The celeb with the highest points at theend of each show will win cash for their chosen charity, with a further grand prize for the series champion. The Sun This was only the second time in the award's 37-year history that it did not go to a series champion. Globe and Mail He became the oldest series champion in the history of the series. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He repeated as series champion in 1966, winning eight of fifteen events. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 18-times grand-slam singles champion, 62, has been one of the most prominent activists for equality, a fact she politely pointed out. Times, Sunday Times She has no hopes of being a grand-slam singles champion, but that's because she's not in the hoping business. Times, Sunday Times The seven-times singles champion could miss out because she took a sabbatical to start a family. Times, Sunday Times Referring to it as '100 per cent hearsay', the 23-times grand-slam singles champion expressed surprise that 'the book was a lot about me'. Times, Sunday Times In addition, she became the singles champion in 1985 and mixed doubles champion in 1983. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also was the city sprint champion at 220 yards in track. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a 100 yards sprint champion and no opposition player could catch him. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the towns on route there are now sprint points to be earned for a sprint champion competition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was world professional track sprint champion in 1946 and 1957. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was also a highly successful beach sprint champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her father, who mended oil burners, had been an amateur swimming champion and encouraged his daughter to enter swimming competitions from a young age. Times, Sunday Times National synchronised swimming champion several times and was the youngest member to ever make a national senior team. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The school has had 20 individual state swimming champions, tied for 10th of all high schools statewide. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Having a Scottish tennis champion has certainly given us something big to live up to. The Sun (2013) Did his father want him to become a cricketer or a squash player, tennis champion, singer or footballer? Times, Sunday Times (2009) The tennis champion's partner prefers to remain anonymous. Times, Sunday Times (2006) So what drives the 16-times grandslam tournament champion on? Times, Sunday Times Imagine what it must be like to have a grand-slam tournament champion land in your lap and then not be able to see him play for nine months. Times, Sunday Times Those privy to his mature, rounded performance against a former grand-slam tournament champion yesterday would be inclined to the latter. Times, Sunday Times Automated tournaments were added in the expansion, where players would compete to be crowned tournament champion in a series of games played throughout the day. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With thirteen wins and two losses, he was the tournament champion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a true champion and a gentleman on and off the track. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Only true champions know the value of humility. The Sun (2015) He's a true British champion who made tennis history. The Sun (2013) From then, she became a consistent and undefeated champion for all the elocution contests she had participated during her elementary and high school years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was the first undefeated champion in the state's history. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After becoming the undefeated champion, there was nobody in his region left to do battle with, so he began to look for his next stage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite suffering from a serious bout of hypertension in the lead-up to the fight, he appeared to be in top form as the face-off between the two undefeated champions approached. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he can be an unlikely champion of the middle-aged. Times, Sunday Times Even so, the legacy of bowed legs meant that she was an unlikely champion. Times, Sunday Times At this moment, an unlikely champion of the public mood took his place in the drama. Times, Sunday Times What unlikely champions they were. Times, Sunday Times The former world light welterweight champion hit a trough of despair after two high-profile defeats. The Sun The former world light welterweight champion has undergone a transformation in attitude and fighting style. The Sun The three televised undercard bouts featured two former junior welterweight champions and a lightweight championship fight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And the world indoor champion, 29, posted his intentions with the best qualifying mark - 17.44 metres - ahead of today's final. The Sun The world champion in 2015 and world indoor champion in 2014, her dominance this year has been remarkable. Times, Sunday Times She has also been the world indoor champion at the 60 m (7.02 s in 1991), 200 m (22.15 s in 1993), and 400 m (50.23 s in 1995) events. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From being the world junior champion to a cautionary tale of unfulfilled promise, he defied his own expectations by gaining a first senior solo medal. Times, Sunday Times She became a double world junior champion last summer at heptathlon and high jump. Times, Sunday Times As he continues to explain his devotion to a distance where he made his name as a record-breaking world junior champion in 2002, he laughs. Times, Sunday Times After becoming world junior champion over 100 metres last year, this was meant to be the time that she struggles to adapt to life among the seniors. Times, Sunday Times On the day after she became world junior champion she turned up at school and was surprised by how supportive her teachers were. Times, Sunday Times She looked a brilliant, worthy champion. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Manchester United were worthy champions last year. The Sun (2009) You cannot argue that they are not worthy champions. The Sun (2014) Translations: Chinese: 冠军, 捍卫 Japanese: 優勝者, 擁護する |
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