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do gymnastics
表示“参加或练习体操”常用 do，不用 play。
She does gymnastics every Saturday morning.
她每周六早上练体操。
体操
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
体操
a sport involving physical exercises that require strength, flexibility, balance, and agility
She does gymnastics every Saturday morning.
她每周六早上练体操。
一种体育运动,涉及一系列需要体力、柔韧性和身体知觉的动作。
A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
一项旨在展示力量、平衡和灵活性的运动
a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
复杂的智力或艺术练习,或身体敏捷的技艺。
Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.
She has been practicing gymnastics since she was five years old.
她从五岁起就一直练习体操。
Gymnastics requires a combination of strength, flexibility, and balance.
体操需要力量、柔韧性和平衡的结合。
He won a gold medal in gymnastics at the national competition.
他在全国比赛中赢得了体操金牌。
表示“参加或练习体操”常用 do，不用 play。
She does gymnastics every Saturday morning.
她每周六早上练体操。
gymnastics 虽以 -s 结尾，但作主语时谓语动词用单数形式。
Gymnastics is her favorite sport.
体操是她最喜欢的运动。
gymnastics 可直接作定语修饰名词，如 gymnastics competition、gymnastics club。
She is a member of the national gymnastics team.
她是国家体操队的成员。
mental gymnastics 常用来比喻需要大量复杂思考或推理的智力活动。
Understanding this theory requires serious mental gymnastics.
理解这一理论需要非常复杂的脑力活动。
Not this
Gymnastics are my favorite sport.
Use this
Gymnastics is my favorite sport.
gymnastics 表示体操这项运动时，虽然以 -s 结尾，但通常作单数使用，谓语动词用 is；用 are 是把词尾 -s 误当成了复数标志。把 are 改成 is 后主谓一致。
Not this
I play gymnastics every weekend.
Use this
I do gymnastics every weekend.
英语中“练体操”用 do gymnastics，do 用于体操等身体训练类运动；play 一般用于球类、棋牌等游戏性运动。把 play 改成 do 才是正确搭配。
Not this
She is good in gymnastics.
Use this
She is good at gymnastics.
表示在某项运动或技能上擅长，介词用 at，即 be good at；in 不能表达“擅长”这层含义。把 in 改成 at 后介词搭配正确。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
竞技体操
She won a gold medal in artistic gymnastics at the Olympics.
她在奥运会竞技体操比赛中赢得了金牌。
艺术体操
Rhythmic gymnastics combines dance, music, and the use of apparatus.
艺术体操将舞蹈、音乐和器械运用结合在一起。
练体操；做体操运动
My sister does gymnastics three times a week.
我姐姐每周练三次体操。
体操比赛
The national gymnastics competition will be held in Beijing this spring.
全国体操比赛将于今年春天在北京举行。
体操队
He was chosen for the school gymnastics team.
他被选入了学校体操队。
复杂的脑力活动；脑筋急转弯
Solving this puzzle required some serious mental gymnastics.
解这个谜题需要相当复杂的脑力活动。
复杂的思维活动；智力体操
Following his argument requires some serious mental gymnastics.
要跟上他的论证需要相当复杂的思维活动。
言语技巧；花言巧语
The politician's verbal gymnastics left everyone confused about his real position.
那位政客的花言巧语让大家搞不清他的真实立场。
诡辩；修辞技巧
She performed rhetorical gymnastics to avoid answering the question.
她大玩修辞把戏，以回避回答问题。
Use gymnastics naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：gymnastics 开头是 gym(体育馆)——体操运动员正在馆里翻腾跳跃。
语域：mixed 常见场景：体育报道、体育教学、报刊或评论文章 gymnastics 作“体操”讲时通常用于体育报道、课程或日常对话，语气中性；在表示“复杂巧妙的智力或肢体动作”时，多见于书面或较正式的评论，如 mental gymnastics。整体选择视语境而定。
通常作不可数名词，谓语动词用单数
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