| 单词 | league |
| 释义 | league (liːg ) Word forms: leagues 1. countable noun [oft in names] B1+ A league is a group of people, clubs, or countries that have joined together for a particular purpose, or because they share a common interest. ...the League of Nations. [+ of] ...the World Muslim League. Synonyms: association, union, alliance, coalition 2. countable noun B1+ A league is a group of teams that play the same sport or activity against each other. ...the American League series between the Boston Red Sox and World Champion Oakland Athletics. The club are on the brink of promotion to the Premier League. Synonyms: championship, competition, tournament, contest 3. countable noun You use the word league to make comparisons between different people or things, especially in terms of their quality. Her success has taken her out of my league. Their record sales would put them in the same league as The Rolling Stones. Synonyms: class, group, level, category 4. in league phrase If you say that someone is in league with another person to do something bad, you mean that they are working together to do that thing. There is no evidence that the broker was in league with the fraudulent vendor. [+ with] Williams operated the smuggling scheme in league with his brother. Collocations: dominate a league E-business, telecoms, management, financial and other software companies continue to dominate the league table, accounting for 43 places. Times, Sunday Times If the same four clubs continue to dominate the league, it cannot be good for the game. Times, Sunday Times But consumer goods and services companies, which have also been badly affected by the credit crisis and rising raw material costs, still dominate the league table. Times, Sunday Times They feared that bigger clubs would dominate the league as a consequence of being able to pay higher salaries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over the following decade, these changes helped to equalise the clubs, minimising the ability for the richer clubs to dominate the league. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The former rugby league player was exhausted by the end, barely able to speak. Times, Sunday Times More importantly to him, he hopes to still be a rugby league player come 5pm. The Sun That's why he's such a good league player, that's why he's a good boxer. Times, Sunday Times I'm delighted he came to rugby union,' he said, 'but any rugby league player coming over has to go into the back line. Times, Sunday Times Rugby league player, rugby union centre, heavyweight boxer, or all three? Times, Sunday Times League record to 32 away matches without a win. The Sun They are one of only four clubs still with an unbeaten league record. Times, Sunday Times His unbeaten home league record should have ended in that match. Times, Sunday Times They won the championship that season using only 17 players, a league record at the time. Times, Sunday Times County set a new league record by winning nine successive games without conceding goal. The Sun Began their league season with three wins but have lost their past five matches. Times, Sunday Times And armed with this we can simulate an entire league season over and over again. Times, Sunday Times These teams have started the league season the same way (in order): 1-0 win, 1-0 win, 0-0 draw, defeat. Times, Sunday Times The club will be heartened by the fact no side have been relegated in their first league season in the past 25 years. The Sun But he will not play a whole league season. The Sun Much of it comes from the league standings, but not all of it. Times, Sunday Times Obviously you look at the other results and league standings. The Sun Possibly his players had examined the league standings and decided that they were superior. Times, Sunday Times Finish denotes their position in the overall league standings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He scored six goals and helped the team to sixth place in the final league standings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But here's an interesting fact you may not know about this team: six players couldn't even make their youth soccer league team. Christianity Today He visibly squirmed when asked if he knew how many players are in a rugby league team. The Sun In 2008 and 2009, despite lavish spending on players, they delivered results as poor as any major league team in the past 34 years. Times, Sunday Times At which future league team did he finish his career in 1979, scoring 25 goals in 31 games? The Sun It was to coach a little league team of 10-year- olds. Christianity Today From 1967, they went a quarter of a century without winning the league title. Times, Sunday Times We have the league title uppermost in our thoughts. The Sun A first league title in 22 years the ultimate obsession. The Sun Lose today and their hopes of a first league title since 1968 will look exceedingly remote. Times, Sunday Times Winning a first league title since that unforgettable 2003-04 campaign would cement this fledgeling status. Times, Sunday Times A band of kiddy misfits compete, against the odds, in an ultra-competitive little league tournament. Times, Sunday Times Curiously he addressed his self-doubt by joining a works team rugby league tournament. Times, Sunday Times He was on the bench in five consecutive conference tournament championship games and won four league tournament championship rings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 1932 league tournament, he was the top scorer with 43 goals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The derby would not be played till 1970 when once again after almost 20 years the clubs met each other in the 1970 league tournament. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He spent eight years there winning the league trophy on six occasions. The Sun Arsenal are without a league trophy since 2004 and have few supporters as future champions in this campaign. Times, Sunday Times But in a year, they will only be satisfied if they are lifting the league trophy. The Sun I doubt anything can rival lifting the league trophy above your head and saying you were part of the best team in a tough league. The Sun He was captain of the reserve side that lifted the reserve league trophy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's incredible that still we do not have one league victory. The Sun A first clean sheet of the season, even a potential first league victory, seemed within reach. Times, Sunday Times Not when it guaranteed a league victory — they have waited a long time for another of those. The Sun It was a fifth successive league victory for the table-toppers, in their sixth game in 22 days — and they looked a little jaded. The Sun Some 8,500 miles and perhaps 3,000 or so later, they are still waiting to see their team's next league victory on the road. Times, Sunday Times I would prefer to play in the league. The Sun They have not scored in open play in the league since the first day of the season. The Sun But he has yet to play a league game. The Sun United have now failed to score in open play in the league since the first game of the season. The Sun It was as if he was still feeling his way in the game, unsure whether he could play in this league. Times, Sunday Times And he believes he can join the millionaires of the pro league. The Sun Can you even imagine being a star in a pro league with only six teams in it? Chicago Sun-Times And it could have paid off when he scored his first pro league goal - though in reality it was too little and too late for the home side. The Sun Negotiations were ongoing to determine how to bring baseball back to the site with either a new or existing pro league. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each team can take four import players in the pro league. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the team, once known as the world's oldest professional league club, are bouncing back. The Sun Nothing to show for the investment, the resources or having a fully professional league in this country. The Sun The surge of enthusiasm prompted the formation of a professional league, but it sustained huge losses and shut in 2003 after only three seasons. Times, Sunday Times Community coaches earn 16,000 to 24,000 and professional league coaches can earn up to 250,000, depending on the club. The Sun Computer games in the high-street arcade are beginning to resemble exercise machines and an increasingly lucrative cyber-athlete professional league has been established. Times, Sunday Times It was also the first time they had failed to score in the league this season — and their first away defeat in 16 games in all competitions. The Sun Their 1-0 defeat was the first time they failed to score in the league in the last nine matches. The Sun He has now scored in the league in each of his 23 seasons. The Sun A paltry 27 goals scored in the league all season, the worst in the division, says it all. The Sun When our city started an adult soccer league, we sponsored a team. Christianity Today He ironed clothes and organised a soccer league for his fellow prisoners. Times, Sunday Times A nonprofit soccer club sponsored a youth soccer league having several different teams based on the age and ability of the players. Christianity Today Their reward should be a decent but not exorbitant salary and an opportunity to graduate to a top soccer league club. Times, Sunday Times Top youth and adult soccer league events could be played in the new venue. Houston Chronicle They had previously carried the 2010 season, prior to when the league split. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The year 1966 saw the league split into a northern and a southern group. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Teams in the now nine-team league played each other just once before the league split into two. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rather than running a single, 44 game, table for the entire season, the league split the season into two halves, each with its own table. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Therefore, the league split into two divisions of six in 2010/11 to minimise travelling and costs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They work hard, earn a few quid and then - like lemmings - pile into a sports league on the other side of the planet already flush with cash and oversized egos. Times, Sunday Times A club who were in the third tier not so long ago, now stand at the top of the most celebrated sports league on the planet. Times, Sunday Times Top rated for sports science academically, its teams hold down a top-10 place in the main inter-university sports league. Times, Sunday Times Historically, massive sports league expansions have had little success, either in indoor football or other sports. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fees for these program resemble prices similar to those of joining a local sports league. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He averaged 5.5 points, 3 rebounds and 2.8 assists during limited summer league minutes but did not make the team. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The summer league gives individual players a chance to prove their skills on the court. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was highly regarded as one of the players to watch during the 2006 summer league, but was unable to compete due to knee problems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For the 2013 summer league, there will be for the first time a champion crowned. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He finished the summer league with averages of 10.2ppg and 5.6rpg. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She wanted to establish herself as one of the top league of world leaders. The Sun Whoever we get, we put out a strong side and send a message that we want to be in the top league next year. The Sun He believes no top league in the world has invested so much in the recruitment and preparation of elite young footballers. Times, Sunday Times The chosen establishments are not simply the ones that top league tables. Times, Sunday Times And yet, with so many clubs fighting to break into the top league each season, crashing out has bleak financial consequences. Times, Sunday Times In neither case are you going to win the league. Times, Sunday Times They will expect to win the league again. Times, Sunday Times They can all say that, every one of them, but you win the league because you have been the best team. Times, Sunday Times They're trying as much as they can to win the league. Times, Sunday Times We have never said we want to win the league. Times, Sunday Times The youth league was raising its frustrations with the ministry of finance. Mail and Guardian He tried to explain it to the youth league, but they were clearly determined to stick to their script. ST I suggest that the entire youth league leadership should go back to school. ST They are setting up a youth league, to bring clubs together from across one of the most diverse cities in the world. Times, Sunday Times At least three games were abandoned in the county's youth league. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 联盟 Japanese: 連盟 |
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