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单词 sporting
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Definition of sporting in English:

sporting

adjective ˈspɔːtɪŋˈspɔrdɪŋ
  • 1attributive Connected with or interested in sport.

    a major sporting event
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Success with that endeavor has led the company to commission artists for a number of world-class sporting events, including the Olympics, each year the games are held.
    • But this would be the first time for the toddling town to play patron to the biggest sporting event in television.
    • Encourage your customers to bring in additional items relating to the shadowbox such as a golf tee, score card, ticket to a sporting event, a baseball hat or an autographed photo with a sports celebrity.
    • In addition, though weary from his journey, he participates in the sporting contests in which he wins the discus throw, and this foreshadows his later athletic triumph when he returns home.
    • The audience consumes these shows in much the same way as the live telecast of a sporting event because uncertainty is a key part of the viewing experience.
    • Much of the novel is devoted to dialogue between players during the games, and especially to their quarrels over the sporting history of which they are a part.
    • And what happens when people want rival teams to win the same big sporting event?
    • The cafe and lounge overlook the largest space in the building, a gymnasium used for both sporting and social events, which opens to a paved terrace on the west side.
    • Goal, the sporting term, has the widest possible application to characterize our wishes and attainments.
    • I view elections much like all-night sporting events, with the score changing every fifteen minutes or so.
    • A friend of mine had gone into a sporting goods store that was having this raffle, entered his own name and entered my name separately, two weeks before.
    • The sporting fixture allows the communities to merge, but the union stops there.
    • He's a victim of his circumstance rather than himself, too set in his ways to appreciate academic rather than sporting achievement when it comes to his sons.
    • It is interesting that so often we seem to prefer our sporting heroes to be those who throw away their talent.
    • Accustomed to private clubs, upper-class friends, and sophisticated functions, the Professor naturally seeks the same elevated status in his sporting pursuits.
    • The Jury was impressed with the success of the architect's original vision in the making of a huge naturally ventilated and lit entertainment and sporting centre.
    • At others, his approach to the show is so much like a series of set pieces it seems as if he is limbering up for the opening ceremony of some big but cash-strapped sporting event.
    • Additional community facilities grouped within this setting include schools, the fire station, sporting centres and several churches.
    • It is with utter frustration that I see such sports buildings hailed a success when clearly, from a sporting point of view, they cannot be.
    • They treat the trial as if it were a sporting event and rate the attorneys for who provided the better performance.
    Synonyms
    sports, games, gymnastic
  • 2Fair and generous in one's behaviour or treatment of others, especially in a contest.

    it was jolly sporting of you to let me have first go
    Synonyms
    sportsmanlike, sportsmanly, generous, gentlemanly, considerate, good
    fair, just, honourable
    British informal decent

Derivatives

  • sportingly

  • adverb ˈspɔːtɪŋli
    • In a fair or generous manner.

      he sportingly answered a few questions
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Politicians should take all these things sportingly.
      • All the fish were very sportingly returned alive.
      • Peter's also achieved the notable feat of going unbeaten in both league seasons, which was sportingly acknowledged by Exeter as they went through the tunnel.
 
 

Definition of sporting in US English:

sporting

adjectiveˈspɔrdɪŋˈspôrdiNG
  • 1attributive Connected with or interested in sports.

    a major sporting event
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But this would be the first time for the toddling town to play patron to the biggest sporting event in television.
    • Much of the novel is devoted to dialogue between players during the games, and especially to their quarrels over the sporting history of which they are a part.
    • They treat the trial as if it were a sporting event and rate the attorneys for who provided the better performance.
    • The cafe and lounge overlook the largest space in the building, a gymnasium used for both sporting and social events, which opens to a paved terrace on the west side.
    • The sporting fixture allows the communities to merge, but the union stops there.
    • In addition, though weary from his journey, he participates in the sporting contests in which he wins the discus throw, and this foreshadows his later athletic triumph when he returns home.
    • Encourage your customers to bring in additional items relating to the shadowbox such as a golf tee, score card, ticket to a sporting event, a baseball hat or an autographed photo with a sports celebrity.
    • It is with utter frustration that I see such sports buildings hailed a success when clearly, from a sporting point of view, they cannot be.
    • Accustomed to private clubs, upper-class friends, and sophisticated functions, the Professor naturally seeks the same elevated status in his sporting pursuits.
    • Additional community facilities grouped within this setting include schools, the fire station, sporting centres and several churches.
    • The audience consumes these shows in much the same way as the live telecast of a sporting event because uncertainty is a key part of the viewing experience.
    • Goal, the sporting term, has the widest possible application to characterize our wishes and attainments.
    • A friend of mine had gone into a sporting goods store that was having this raffle, entered his own name and entered my name separately, two weeks before.
    • The Jury was impressed with the success of the architect's original vision in the making of a huge naturally ventilated and lit entertainment and sporting centre.
    • Success with that endeavor has led the company to commission artists for a number of world-class sporting events, including the Olympics, each year the games are held.
    • It is interesting that so often we seem to prefer our sporting heroes to be those who throw away their talent.
    • At others, his approach to the show is so much like a series of set pieces it seems as if he is limbering up for the opening ceremony of some big but cash-strapped sporting event.
    • And what happens when people want rival teams to win the same big sporting event?
    • I view elections much like all-night sporting events, with the score changing every fifteen minutes or so.
    • He's a victim of his circumstance rather than himself, too set in his ways to appreciate academic rather than sporting achievement when it comes to his sons.
    Synonyms
    sports, games, gymnastic
  • 2Fair and generous in one's behavior or treatment of others, especially in a game or contest.

    it was not very sporting of Smith to hit Gonzales with that pitch
    Synonyms
    sportsmanlike, sportsmanly, generous, gentlemanly, considerate, good
 
 
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