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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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsb2He 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basketball
- cricket
- football
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- create
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- set up
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- champions
- leaders
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- in a/the league
- at the bottom of the league
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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。
Extra ExamplesToday'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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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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
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsb2the countries in the Arab League 阿拉伯联盟的国家 the League for Prison Reform 监狱改革联盟
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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
Word Originsenses 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。