Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1107
race
比赛；竞赛；速度赛
A competition in which people, animals, or vehicles try to be the first to reach a goal; any contest of speed.
- 1.
A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
人、动物、车辆等之间的比赛,目标是第一个到达某个目标
- 2.
A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):
由共同祖先、遗产或特征区分的有感知能力的生物群体,特别是人类
- 3.
A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
根茎或根,尤其是姜的根茎
- 4.
any competition
任何竞赛
- 5.
Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
快速进展；快速运动；高速移动或驾驶的实例
- 6.
A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species
由共同特征区分的生物群体；通常是分类学中物种以下的非正式亚种级别
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a contest of speed
速度竞赛
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A race condition; a bug or problem that occurs when two or more components attempt to use the same resource at the same time.
竞争条件；当两个或多个组件同时尝试使用同一资源时发生的错误或问题
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A group of organisms distinguished by common characteristics; often an informal infraspecific rank in taxonomy, below species:
具有共同特征的生物群体；通常是分类学中非正式的种下等级:
- 10.
people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
人种
- 11.
A sequence of events; a progressive movement toward a goal.
一系列事件；朝目标的渐进运动
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A category or kind of thing distinguished by common characteristics.
具有共同特征的类别或种类
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A fast-moving current of water.
快速流动的水流
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A water channel, especially one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised, such as that which powers a millwheel.
水道,尤其是为将水引至或引离某个利用点而建造的,如驱动水车的水道
- 15.
A path that something or someone moves along.
某物或某人移动的路径
- 16.
A guide or channel that a component of a machine moves along:
机器部件沿着移动的导轨或通道
- 17.
A keno gambling session.
一种基诺赌博会话
人种；种族；类别；种类；（生物的）类；族；竞态条件；竞争条件；疾驰；高速行进
In use
He won the 100-meter race at the school sports day.
The Formula One race in Monaco is famous worldwide.
The candidates are preparing for the upcoming election race.
the race for the presidency
the race is to the swift
some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings
Connections
Collocations
- a race against time
- 与时间的赛跑；争分夺秒
- It was a race against time to get the patient to the hospital.将病人送到医院是一场与时间的赛跑。
- the human race
- 人类
- Climate change affects the entire human race.气候变化影响全人类。
- arms race
- 军备竞赛
- The two countries engaged in an arms race after the treaty collapsed.条约破裂后，两国进行了军备竞赛。
- horse race
- 赛马比赛
- We spent the afternoon watching a horse race at the track.我们一下午都在赛马场观看赛马比赛。
- race relations
- 种族关系
- The city has worked hard to improve race relations.这个城市一直在努力改善种族关系。
- rat race
Learner notes
Memory Tip
赛跑是race，人种也是race；想象不同人种同场赛跑，两个意思串起来记。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：sports、everyday conversation 作名词表示‘比赛、竞赛’时，语气中性，多用于体育报道、新闻和日常口语；正式与非正式场合都常用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /eɪs/ 结尾，与 race /ɹeɪs/ 押韵。注意拼写相似的 raise、raze 读作 /ɹeɪz/，结尾是浊音 /z/，与 race 不押韵。
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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