league

英 [liːɡ]

美 [liːɡ]

n.  (体育运动队的)联合会，联赛; (质量、能力等的)等级，级别，水平; 联盟; 同盟
v.  (使)结盟; (使)联合[团结]; 一鼻孔出气; 组成联盟

复数：leagues　现在分词：leaguing　过去式：leagued　第三人称单数：leagues　过去分词：leagued　

高考TOEFLCET4考研TEM4

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1181 / COCA.1951

同义词辨析

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习惯用语

n.

in league (with sb)
• （与…）秘密串通，勾结
  making secret plans with sb

牛津词典

noun

• （体育运动队的）联合会，联赛
  a group of sports teams who all play each other to earn points and find which team is best
  1. major-league baseball
     棒球大联赛
  2. United were league champions last season.
     联队是上个赛季的联赛冠军。
• （质量、能力等的）等级，级别，水平
  a level of quality, ability, etc.
  1. As a painter, he is in a league of his own (= much better than others) .
     作为画家，他独领风骚。
  2. They're in a different league from us.
     他们与我们不属同一个级别。
  3. When it comes to cooking, I'm not in her league (= she is much better than me) .
     提到烹饪，我的水平远比不上她。
  4. A house like that is out of our league (= too expensive for us) .
     那样的房子不是我们这号人买得起的。
• 联盟；同盟
  a group of people or nations who have combined for a particular purpose
  1. the League of Nations
     国际联盟
  2. a meeting of the Women's League for Peace
     妇女和平联盟会议
• 里格（长度单位，约等于3英里或4 000米）
  a unit for measuring distance, equal to about 3 miles or 4 000 metres

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 联盟；同盟
  Aleagueis a group of people, clubs, or countries that have joined together for a particular purpose, or because they share a common interest.
  1. ...the League of Nations.
     国际联盟
  2. ...the World Muslim League.
     世界穆斯林联盟
• N-COUNT （体育运动队的）联合会，联赛
  Aleagueis a group of teams that play the same sport or activity against each other.
  1. ...the American League series between the Boston Red Sox and World Champion Oakland Athletics...
     波士顿红袜队和世界大赛冠军奥克兰运动家队的美国联盟冠军赛对决
  2. The club are on the brink of promotion to the Premier League.
     俱乐部即将晋级超级联赛。
• N-COUNT 级别；档次；水平
  You use the wordleagueto make comparisons between different people or things, especially in terms of their quality.
  1. Her success has taken her out of my league...
     她的成绩令我望尘莫及。
  2. Their record sales would put them in the same league as The Rolling Stones.
     他们的唱片销量可与“滚石”乐队比肩。
• PHRASE 沆瀣一气；勾结
  If you say that someone isin league withanother person to do something bad, you mean that they are working together to do that thing.
  1. There is no evidence that the broker was in league with the fraudulent vendor...
     没有证据表明该经纪人与进行诈骗的卖主狼狈为奸。
  2. Williams operated the smuggling scheme in league with his brother.
     威廉斯串通其弟进行走私活动。

英英释义

noun

• an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
  Synonym:conference
• an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
• an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)

verb

• unite to form a league

双语例句

• Once a tough defensive team, the Saints now have the most porous defence in the league.
  圣徒队一度防御能力很强，现在却成了联盟里防守漏洞最多的队伍。
• Britain has dropped from second to third place in the league.
  英国在联赛中的排名从第二位降到了第三位。
• The New England team are the worst in the league.
  新英格兰队是联盟中最差的队。
• He was the only National League umpire to wear an outside chest protector.
  他是唯一在衣服外面穿护胸的全国联赛裁判。
• Thus the first worker's league came into being.
  第一个工人联盟就这样产生了。
• This merely strengthens our resolve to win the league
  这只会更加坚定我们赢得联赛的决心。
• We're bottom of the league and we have to get stuck in.
  我们是联赛的最后一名，所以我们必须拼命赶超。
• The team is close to bottom of the League.
  这支球队快跌至联赛末席了。
• They offered opposing players bribes to fix a decisive league match against Valenciennes
  他们贿赂对方队员，在联赛对阵瓦朗谢讷队的一场决定性比赛中作弊。
• They're ready to go all out for the Premier League title next season.
  他们准备全力以赴，夺取下赛季的超级联赛冠军。