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单词 sportsmanlike
释义 sportsmanlike, a.|ˈspɔətsmənlaɪk|
Also sportsman-like.
[f. prec. + -like.]
Resembling a sportsman; like that of a sportsman; consonant with the character or conduct of a sportsman.
1816Scott Antiq. xxii, He indulges his sportsman-like propensities by shooting my pigeons.1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 240 Having something smart and sportsman-like in his appearance.1853Kane Grinnell Exped. I. (1856) 483 If he has with him the light javelin..he may be tempted to use it now: but this, I believe, is not altogether sportsmanlike.1889Rider Haggard Allan's Wife 296 The lion is a sportsmanlike animal, and..prefers to kill his own dinner.
b. colloq. Honourable, straightforward.
1899E. Phillpotts Human Boy 119 Freckles, who was an awfully sportsmanlike chap really.
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