- (North American English, less frequent tourney)
a sports competition involving a number of teams or players who take part in different games and must leave the competition if they lose. The competition continues until there is only the winner left. 锦标赛；联赛 a golf/tennis/soccer/chess tournament 高尔夫/网球/足球/象棋锦标赛
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsb2Several top teams have agreed to play (in) the tournament. 已有数支顶级球队同意参加此次锦标赛。 She retired from tournament golf last year. 她去年从高尔夫球赛场退役。 The loser will be out of the tournament. 输掉的将被淘汰出局。 her first tournament win of the season 她在本赛季的第一场锦标赛胜利 He has criticized tournament organizers for ticketing problems. 他批评锦标赛组织者的票务问题。 I was invited to compete in a charity five-a-side tournament. 我被邀请参加慈善五人制锦标赛。 She finished fifth in the Olympic qualifying tournament. 她在奥运会资格赛中获得第五名。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basketball
- chess
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- enter
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- in a/the tournament
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a competition in the Middle Ages between knights on horseback fighting to show courage and skill （中世纪的）骑马比武 a medieval jousting tournament 中世纪的比武比赛
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2)): from Anglo-Norman French variants of Old French torneiement, from torneier ‘take part in a tourney’, based on Latin tornus ‘a turn’.