a place with a flat open area in the middle and seats around it where people can watch sports and entertainment 圆形运动场；圆形剧场 a concert at Wembley Arena 在温布利体育馆举行的音乐会 an indoor sports arena 室内运动场 a hockey/basketball arena 曲棍球/篮球竞技场 plans to construct a new downtown arena 计划建造一个新的市区竞技场
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsc1He left the arena to loud applause. 他在热烈的掌声中离开了赛场。 The Hurricanes have a new home arena. 飓风队有了一个新的主场。 The rider has to halt the horse in the arena. 骑手不得不在赛场上让马停下来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Olympic
- sports
- training
- …
- build
- leave
- floor
- in an/the arena
- into an/the arena
- (formal)
an area of activity that interests the public, especially one where there is a lot of opposition between different groups or countries 斗争场所；竞争舞台；活动场所 the political/international arena 政治／国际舞台
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc1I want to work outside the arena of competition. 我希望在远离竞争的地方工作。 Some documents have now emerged into the public arena. 现在公众已可以看到一些文件。 The company has been very successful in the commercial arena. 这家公司在商界一直很成功。 The conference should provide an arena for marketing our new products. 那个大型会议可以成为我们推销新产品的一个机会。 This observation also applies in the environmental policy arena. 这一评论也适用于环境政策领域。 Trades unions are active both in individual workplaces and in the wider arena of the state. 工会不仅活跃在各个工作场所，也活跃在国家这个更为宽广的舞台上。 the challenges of bringing a business into the online arena 企业转向线上经营面临的挑战 Space became an arena for global competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. 外太空当时成了美国和苏联在全球竞争的竞技场。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- global
- international
- national
- …
- create
- provide
- emerge into
- …
- in an/the arena
- within an/the arena
- outside an/the arena
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin harena, arena ‘sand, sand-strewn place of combat’.