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单词 blood sport
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Definition of blood sport in English:

blood sport

noun
  • A sport involving the hunting, wounding, or killing of animals.

    blood sports such as dogfighting and cockfighting
    figurative politics has turned into a blood sport
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The European Commission has not taken a clear stance on blood sports, meaning member states make their own choices.
    • Despite being illegal in Ireland, the blood sport of cockfighting still takes place in some parts of the country.
    • How can someone who has been so active in the blood sport that is ‘politics’ be so careless?
    • It appears morally equivalent to blood sports such as bearbaiting and cockfighting that have been illegal for some two centuries.
    • I am glad I went on the hunt and learnt more about the blood sport, though am not in a rush to repeat the experience.
    • Animals were not only used for show but for what we can only call blood sports.
    • I was never a sporty person anyway; I always preferred a good book or the blood sport of politics.
    • It's where politics becomes a blood sport: winners and losers, accusations and recriminations, and all within the one party.
    • I am so sorry that some may lose their jobs from their blood sport going, but too bad.
    • Trapping is presented as a blood sport where animals suffer in a seeming never ending torture.
    • The pro-hunters were keen to show their disgust at the new Hunting Act, which makes the blood sport illegal.
    • The bulldog, although bred originally for close encounters in blood sports, was a cuddlesome, affable creature beneath the ferocity and gore.
    • Hunting without hounds does make this blood sport less cruel, but even still, it is inhumane.
    • It was like a blood sport to them, waiting to see someone humiliated.
    • Fox hunting is the only blood sport to have survived.
    • He was a keen sportsman but he was fond of blood sports.
    • It's not a blood sport - hunting and sport are two words that cannot go together.
    • I respect the stand of the true blood sport protesters, even though I disagree with their viewpoint.
    • Ireland's political circumstances may have channelled aristocratic leisure into fighting rather than blood sports.
    • In my opinion fox hunting is just a blood sport with no purpose.
    • It is a blood sport technically but the people who ‘play’ it don't generally do it for the bloodlust, they enjoy the ride and the chase, it's not all about the kill.
 
 

Definition of blood sport in US English:

blood sport

nounˈbləd ˌspôrtˈbləd ˌspɔrt
usually blood sports
  • A sport involving the shedding of blood, especially the hunting or killing of animals.

    figurative politics is a blood sport
    cockfighting, bullfighting, fox hunting, and other blood sports
    Example sentencesExamples
    • How can someone who has been so active in the blood sport that is ‘politics’ be so careless?
    • It is a blood sport technically but the people who ‘play’ it don't generally do it for the bloodlust, they enjoy the ride and the chase, it's not all about the kill.
    • He was a keen sportsman but he was fond of blood sports.
    • It's where politics becomes a blood sport: winners and losers, accusations and recriminations, and all within the one party.
    • The bulldog, although bred originally for close encounters in blood sports, was a cuddlesome, affable creature beneath the ferocity and gore.
    • I am so sorry that some may lose their jobs from their blood sport going, but too bad.
    • It was like a blood sport to them, waiting to see someone humiliated.
    • Fox hunting is the only blood sport to have survived.
    • Despite being illegal in Ireland, the blood sport of cockfighting still takes place in some parts of the country.
    • I am glad I went on the hunt and learnt more about the blood sport, though am not in a rush to repeat the experience.
    • I respect the stand of the true blood sport protesters, even though I disagree with their viewpoint.
    • Hunting without hounds does make this blood sport less cruel, but even still, it is inhumane.
    • It's not a blood sport - hunting and sport are two words that cannot go together.
    • I was never a sporty person anyway; I always preferred a good book or the blood sport of politics.
    • Ireland's political circumstances may have channelled aristocratic leisure into fighting rather than blood sports.
    • The European Commission has not taken a clear stance on blood sports, meaning member states make their own choices.
    • In my opinion fox hunting is just a blood sport with no purpose.
    • Trapping is presented as a blood sport where animals suffer in a seeming never ending torture.
    • It appears morally equivalent to blood sports such as bearbaiting and cockfighting that have been illegal for some two centuries.
    • Animals were not only used for show but for what we can only call blood sports.
    • The pro-hunters were keen to show their disgust at the new Hunting Act, which makes the blood sport illegal.
 
 
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