n.
    
      - 遊戲;運動;遊戲(或運動)器具[C]
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Football is a 
game which interests me a lot.
足球是我感興趣的運動。
Let's have a 
game of cards.
我們玩牌吧。
 
      - 競賽;運動會[P][G]
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The First East Asian 
Games were held in Shanghai in 1993.
第一屆東亞運動會於一九九三年在上海舉行。
 
      - (比賽等的)一局,一場[C]
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He won two 
games out of three.
他在三局比賽中勝了兩局。
 
      - 比賽得分情況 [U]
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The 
game is 5 to 3.
比分是五比三。
 
      - 玩笑;計策,花招[C]
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We saw through his 
game.
我們看穿了他的鬼把戲。
 
      - 獵物(可指獸,鳥,魚等)[U]
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A good hunter always has 
game on the table.
好獵手的餐桌上總是不缺野味的。
 
    
    a.
    
      - 勇敢的;好鬥的
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The little boy was 
game enough to swim across the river.
這小男孩膽子大,敢游過河去。
 
      - 狩獵的;獵物的[Z]
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Game laws protect wildlife.
狩獵法保護野生動物。
  
      - 情願的,對……有意的[Z][F][(+for)][+to-v]
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She is 
game for any risk.
她情願冒任何風險。
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 賭博
 
    
   
  片語
  
    be off one's game
    
      - 比賽狀態不佳
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He seems to 
be off his game.
他看上去比賽狀態不佳。
 
    
    fair game
    
      - 可抨擊的對象
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The private lives of film stars should not be considered as 
fair game for newspaper reporters.
電影明星們的私生活不應該被看作是記者們可隨意批評的目標。
 
    
    give the game away
    
      - 洩漏祕密
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I 
gave the game away by laughing.
我一笑便洩漏了機密。
 
    
    have the game in one's hands
    
      - 有必勝把握
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He finally 
had the game in his hands.
他終於勝券在握了。
 
    
    play the game
    
      - 辦事公正;為人正直
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That's not 
playing the game.
那麼做不公平。
 
    
    The game is up.
    
      - (指計劃或陰謀)一切都完蛋了。
 
    
   
  衍生
  
  辨析
  
 
  
    
game1
  
  n.
     - an activity engaged in for amusement. 
▸the equipment used in playing a board game, computer game, etc.
 - a form of competitive activity or sport played according to rules. 
▸
(games)
 a meeting for sporting contests.
 ▸
(games)
 Brit. athletics or sports as a lesson or activity at school.
 - a complete episode or period of play, ending in a final result. 
▸a single portion of play, forming a scoring unit within a game.
 - informal a type of activity or business regarded as a game:
 the dating game.
 ▸a secret plan or trick:
 I was on to his little game.
 - wild mammals or birds hunted for sport or food. 
▸the flesh of these, as food.
 
adj.
 eager and willing to do something new or challenging:
 they were game for anything.
v.
  - 
[as noun gaming]
 playing at games of chance for money.
 - play video or computer games.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - ahead of the game
 ahead of one's competitors or peers.  - beat someone at their own game
 use someone's own methods to outdo them.  - the game is up
 the deception or crime is revealed or foiled.  - game over
 informal said when a situation is regarded as hopeless.  - on the game
 Brit. informal working as a prostitute.  - play the game
 behave in a fair or honourable way. 
   
  Derivative
  
    - gamely adv.
  - gameness n.
  - gamester n.
 
   
  Etymology
  OE gamen ‘amusement, fun’, gamenian ‘play, amuse oneself’, of Gmc origin.
 
  
    
game2
  
  adj.
 dated (of a person's leg) lame.
 
  Etymology
  C18: orig. dial., of unknown origin.