Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #464
game
游戏；娱乐
a playful or competitive activity; an amusement or pastime
- 1.
A playful or competitive activity.
一种娱乐或竞争性活动。
- 2.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
有规则决定胜负的比赛
- 3.
Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
类似有规则的游戏的事物,尽管并非有意设计。
- 4.
a single play of a sport or other contest
一场体育或其他比赛
- 5.
An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
模拟战争的演习,无论是计算机化还是涉及人类参与者。
- 6.
an amusement or pastime
娱乐或消遣
- 7.
A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
追求目标时采用的可疑或不道德做法。
- 8.
Wild animals hunted for food.
为食用而猎杀的野生动物。
比赛；竞赛；游戏；博弈；军事演习；战争游戏；把戏；花招；猎物；野味
In use
She won the chess game after a long battle.
The children played a game of tag in the park.
He scored the winning goal in the final game of the season.
you need four people to play this game
the game lasted two hours
they played word games
he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time
his life was all fun and games
play a game
play a game 是常见搭配，游戏或比赛均可。
Connections
Collocations
- play a game
- 玩游戏
- Let's play a game of chess.我们下一盘棋吧。
- video game
- 电子游戏
- He spends hours playing video games.他花很多时间玩电子游戏。
- board game
- 棋盘游戏
- Monopoly is a popular board game.大富翁是一种流行的棋盘游戏。
- game plan
- 比赛计划；策略
- We need a solid game plan to win.我们需要一个可靠的比赛计划才能赢。
- fair game
- 可以攻击或批评的对象
- Politicians are fair game for comedians.政客是喜剧演员可以讽刺的对象。
- win a game
- 赢一局比赛
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Game: G-A-M-E，每个字母代表一个词：G-给，A-乐趣，M-我，E-娱乐。
Context & Register
通常用于休闲娱乐场合，如家庭、学校操场，语气中立。
Grammar Note
注意：game 是可数名词，复数形式为 games。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words name, same, fame, blame, and tame all rhyme with game (ending in /eɪm/). Note that gate looks similar but ends in /eɪt/, not /eɪm/; it does not rhyme.
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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