league
noun /liːɡ/
/liːɡ/
Idioms - a group of sports teams who all play each other to earn points and find which team is best
（体育运动队的）联合会，联赛 - Castleford have led the league for most of the season.
卡斯特勒福德在本赛季的大部分时间里都是联赛冠军。 - We must do better if we are to win the league again this season.
如果我们想在这个赛季再次赢得联赛冠军，我们必须做得更好。 - a league match/game
联赛 - They missed an opportunity to clinch the league title at the weekend.
他们错过了周末夺取联赛冠军的机会。 - The league leaders scored 3 goals in the last five minutes.
联赛领头羊在最后五分钟进了3个球。 - United were league champions last season.
联队是上个赛季的联赛冠军。 - in a league the best team in the league
联盟中最好的球队 - Their 3–0 win was enough to put them at the top of the league.
他们3比0的胜利足以使他们处于联赛的首位。 - Bristol were at the bottom of the league.
布里斯托尔队在联赛中垫底。
Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsb2- He played Sunday League cricket for years.
他打了好几年板球周日联赛了。 - He set a league record for the longest touchdown run.
他创造了最长持球奔跑达阵的联赛纪录。 - Hopefully he'll get called up to the big leagues soon.
他有望很快受邀加入大联盟。 - The Yankees dominated the league in 1998.
1998 年扬基队称霸联赛。 - The team joined the Northern League last year.
该队去年参加了北部联赛。 - They want to start a new football league.
他们想组建新的橄榄球联盟。 - They're hoping to improve their position in the league.
他们希望提高在联赛中的名次。 - new proposals for a European super league
举行欧洲超级联赛的新建议 - the first women's professional athletic league in the US
美国首个女子职业运动联合会 - the standard for professional sports leagues in this country
该国职业体育联盟的标准 - players for a team in a fantasy league
梦幻联赛参赛队的队员 - They face a league club in the next round.
下一轮他们将面对一个联赛俱乐部。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basketball
- cricket
- football
- …
- create
- form
- set up
- …
- champions
- leaders
- championship
- …
- in a/the league
- at the bottom of the league
- at the top of the league
- come bottom of the league
- …
- Castleford have led the league for most of the season.
- (informal) a level of quality, ability, etc.
（质量、能力等的）等级，级别，水平 - in a league As a painter, he is in a league of his own (= much better than others).
作为画家，他独领风骚。 - They're in a different league from us.
他们与我们不属同一个级别。 - not in somebody's league 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。 - out of somebody's league A house like that is out of our league (= too expensive for us).
那样的房子不是我们买得起的。
- Today's technology is in a different league.
今天的技术非昔日可比。 - This move propelled him into the political big league.
这次变动促使他跻身政界上层人物的行列。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- super
- top
- …
- in a different league
- in a league of your own
- not in the same league (as…)
- …
- in a league As a painter, he is in a league of his own (= much better than others).
- a group of people or nations who have combined for a particular purpose
联盟；同盟 - the League of Nations
国际联盟 - a meeting of the Women’s League for Peace
妇女和平联盟会议
Topics Politicsb2- the countries in the Arab League
阿拉伯联盟的国家 - the League for Prison Reform
监狱改革联盟
- the League of Nations
- (old use) a unit for measuring distance, equal to about 3 miles or 4 000 metres
里格（长度单位，约等于 3 英里或 4 000 米） More Like This Silent lettersSilent letters- gnarled
- gnash
- gnat
- gnaw
- gnome
- haute cuisine
- heir
- herb
- honour
- hors d’oeuvre
- hour
- knack
- knee
- kneel
- knife
- knight
- knit
- knob
- knock
- knot
- know
- knuckle
- psalm
- psephology
- psychic
- ptarmigan
- pterodactyl
- psychology
- wrangle
- wrap
- wreath
- wreck
- wrench
- wrestle
- wriggle
- wring
- write
- wrong
- bomb
- climb
- crumb
- doubt
- lamb
- limb
- ascent
- fascinate
- muscle
- scene
- scissors
- height
- right
- sleigh
- weight
- align
- campaign
- design
- foreign
- malign
- reign
- unfeigned
- balmy
- calm
- calf
- half
- yolk
- autumn
- column
- condemn
- damn
- hymn
- solemn
- bristle
- fasten
- listen
- mortgage
- soften
- thistle
- wrestle
- biscuit
- build
- circuit
- disguise
- guilty
- league
- rogue
- vague
- yacht
- answer
- sword
- two
词源senses 1 to 3 late Middle English (denoting a compact for mutual protection or advantage): via French from Italian lega, from legare ‘to bind’, from Latin ligare.sense 4 late Middle English: from late Latin leuga, leuca, late Greek leugē, or from Provençal lega (modern French lieue).
Idioms
in league (with somebody)
- making secret plans with somebody
（与…）秘密串通，勾结 - Those two crooks seem to be in league with each other.
那两个骗子似乎相互勾结。
- Those two crooks seem to be in league with each other.