Olympiads

四年周期,尤指历史上基于希庇亚斯计算古代奥运会所得出的周期(将科罗伊布斯的赛跑胜利定在公元前776年),以及体育上基于1896年首届现代夏季奥运会的周期。

A four-year period, particularly (historical) those based on Hippias's computations of the ancient Olympic Games which placed Coroebus's footrace victory in 776 BCE and (sports) those based on the modern Summer Olympic Games first held in 1896.

旨在达到奥运会重要性或被视为与奥运会相似的竞赛,尤指四年一届、代表全国或国际业余学生而非职业成人比赛,且/或要求在该领域具备最高水平才能取得成功的竞赛。

A competition aspiring to the importance of the Olympic Games or considered similar to them, especially one occurring at 4-year intervals, representing a national or international range of amateur student rather than professional adult competition, and/or requiring the highest level of ability in the field for success.