单词 | a good sport |
释义 | > as lemmasa good sport c. A fair-minded, generous, or sportsmanlike person; a lively, sociable person. Also (with modifying adjective): a person who responds well (poorly, etc.) to teasing, defeat, or a similarly trying situation, esp. in a good sport. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [noun] > quality of being a good fellow > good fellow or sport sport1881 one of the boys1893 1881 Ld. Rhondda Let. 30 Oct. in D. A. Thomas Viscount Rhondda ii. 24 X—— didn't make herself particularly unpleasant to me, though no doubt she was annoyed about something. I think she is rather a sport because she is such a good type of a certain class of character. 1915 R. H. Davis With Allies viii. 159 All that was asked of the stranded Americans was to keep cool and, like true sports, suffer inconvenience. 1916 N.Y. Tribune 2 Mar. 11/1 Miss Eastman refuses to take alimony, which is to say that women are good sports, which they are. 1918 C. Mackenzie Early Life Sylvia Scarlett i. ii. 64 You're no sport, Maudie. You've got the chance of your life and you're turning it down. 1937 L. Bromfield Rains Came i. iii. 24 For a moment he came very near to doing what she had meant him to do—lose his temper and show himself a bad sport. 1942 A. Christie Body in Library ix. 85 I did like her. I thought she was a good sport. 1975 S. Bellow Humboldt's Gift 310 Don't be a bad sport. 1990 P. Ustinov Old Man & Mr Smith v. 51 Mr Smith took them. ‘Swiss francs. You are a sport’. 1997 R. Tremain Way I found Her (1998) i. 11 Lewis is a good sport, you know. < as lemmas |
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