You might have come across the following terms during various sport events. Have a look at them and enrich your sports vocabulary.
pre-race favourite for the title/ top seed/world No 1, global top-ranked player) 賽前奪冠熱門/頭號種子選手/世界排名第一的選手The Chinese players, Song Aimin and Ma Shuli, pre-race favourites for the title, had to settle for silver and bronze respectively. ——REUTERS
out of form/return to form/maintain form 不在狀態(tài)/恢復(fù)狀態(tài)/保持狀態(tài)Darsha had returned to form following an injury that restricted her performance during this year's Commonwealth Games in Manchester. ——AP
medal standings/rankings 獎(jiǎng)牌榜Yu Hong-jong, head of the South Korean delegation, said that his team would have no difficulty in achieving second place in the medal standings. ——REUTERS
personal best /Asian (Olympic) record holder/set (break) a world record 成績/亞運(yùn)會(huì)（奧運(yùn)會(huì)）記錄保持者/創(chuàng)造（打破）世界紀(jì)錄The Sydney Olympics bronze medalist in the women—s 200 metre, took the Asian dash queen title with a modest time of 11.15 seconds — well outside her personal best of 11.04 seconds. ——REUTERS
defending champion 衛(wèi)冕冠軍Hosts South Korea met defending champions Iran in the semi-finals of the Asian Games soccer tournament on Thursday. ——AP
goal average/goal margin/aggregate 平均分/凈勝分/總分Japan, needing a two-goal margin to defeat China and set up a final showdown with South Korea, put up a spirited display but lost to the Indian side.—— REUTERS
dark horse/produce an unexpected winner 黑馬/爆冷門Cuba has been billed the dark horse of the tournament because the rest of the teams know so little about its young players. ——REUTERS
heat is on/neck and neck 白熱化The heat was on during the World Cup when South Korea vs Italy went to extra time. ——THE WASHINGTON POST
four straight (consecutive) championships, (four championships on the run) 四連冠Lance Armstrong stormed into Paris to win his fourth consecutive Tour de France championship. ——REUTERS
pre-race favourite for the title/ top seed/world No 1, global top-ranked player) 賽前奪冠熱門/頭號種子選手/世界排名第一的選手The Chinese players, Song Aimin and Ma Shuli, pre-race favourites for the title, had to settle for silver and bronze respectively. ——REUTERS
out of form/return to form/maintain form 不在狀態(tài)/恢復(fù)狀態(tài)/保持狀態(tài)Darsha had returned to form following an injury that restricted her performance during this year's Commonwealth Games in Manchester. ——AP
medal standings/rankings 獎(jiǎng)牌榜Yu Hong-jong, head of the South Korean delegation, said that his team would have no difficulty in achieving second place in the medal standings. ——REUTERS
personal best /Asian (Olympic) record holder/set (break) a world record 成績/亞運(yùn)會(huì)（奧運(yùn)會(huì)）記錄保持者/創(chuàng)造（打破）世界紀(jì)錄The Sydney Olympics bronze medalist in the women—s 200 metre, took the Asian dash queen title with a modest time of 11.15 seconds — well outside her personal best of 11.04 seconds. ——REUTERS
defending champion 衛(wèi)冕冠軍Hosts South Korea met defending champions Iran in the semi-finals of the Asian Games soccer tournament on Thursday. ——AP
goal average/goal margin/aggregate 平均分/凈勝分/總分Japan, needing a two-goal margin to defeat China and set up a final showdown with South Korea, put up a spirited display but lost to the Indian side.—— REUTERS
dark horse/produce an unexpected winner 黑馬/爆冷門Cuba has been billed the dark horse of the tournament because the rest of the teams know so little about its young players. ——REUTERS
heat is on/neck and neck 白熱化The heat was on during the World Cup when South Korea vs Italy went to extra time. ——THE WASHINGTON POST
four straight (consecutive) championships, (four championships on the run) 四連冠Lance Armstrong stormed into Paris to win his fourth consecutive Tour de France championship. ——REUTERS