Word · Frequency #464
game
玩纸牌、桌游或电子游戏；打游戏
To play card games, board games, or video games.
- 1.
To gamble.
赌博。
- 2.
To play card games, board games, or video games.
玩纸牌、桌游或电子游戏。
- 3.
To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
钻制度或官僚体系的漏洞,使现行规则的精神失效,通常是为了获得本无法得到的结果。
赌博；赌钱；钻空子；钻（制度或规则的）漏洞；赌博。；玩纸牌、桌游或电子游戏。；钻制度或官僚体系的漏洞,使现行规则的精神失效,通常是为了获得本无法得到的结果。
In use
He gamed away his entire inheritance in just one year.
Many people enjoy gaming at online casinos.
She never games, because she thinks it's a waste of money.
Verb forms
base game · third person games · -ing gaming · past gamed · past participle gamed
规则动词，意为赌博
Connections
Collocations
- game the system
- 钻制度空子；钻规则漏洞
- Some people try to game the system by submitting false claims.有些人试图通过提交虚假申报来钻制度空子。
- game the algorithm
- 操控算法；钻算法漏洞
- Marketers often game the algorithm to boost their posts.营销人员经常操控算法来增加帖子的曝光。
- game the market
- 钻市场规则的漏洞；操纵市场
- Without strict oversight, insiders can game the market.没有严格监管，内部人员就能钻市场规则的漏洞。
- game the election
- 操纵选举；钻选举制度的空子
- The party was accused of trying to game the election with unfair maps.该党被指责试图用不公平的选区划分来操纵选举。
Idioms & figurative uses
- play the game
- 按规矩办事；遵守规则You have to play the game if you want to get along in this industry.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
game 作动词就是“玩”：玩游戏、赌游戏、玩规则漏洞，都在“玩”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：business and policy discussions、institutional rules and bureaucracy、online systems and algorithms 此义项表示“钻（制度或规则的）空子”，常构成 game the system、game the rules 等搭配。语体通常为中性，商务、政策、互联网管理等场合都比较常见；正式写作和日常讨论中都可以使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 game /ɡeɪm/ 押韵，都有 /eɪm/ 音。注意拼写相似的 gamble /ˈɡæmbəl/ 元音不同，读作 /æ/，并不押韵，不要混淆。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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