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单词 goal
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goalnoun [ C ]

uk/ɡəʊl/us/ɡoʊl/

goal noun [ C ] (SPORT)

A2 an area on a playing field, that usually has two posts with a net fixed behind them, where players try to send the ball in order to score in sports such as football and hockey:

Black kicked/headed the ball into/towards the goal.

A2 a point scored in some sports, such as football and hockey, when a player gets the ball into this area:

Brazil won by three goals to one.
Only one goal was scored in the entire match.
be/play in goal UK

to be the player who tries to prevent the other team from scoring goals:

Who is playing in goal for Milan this evening?
an open goal

a goal area that has been left without any defenders:

Young rolled the ball across the six-yard box for Rooney to tap the ball into the open goal.

More examples

  • Whenever their team scored a goal, they leaped up and down clanking their beer cans together.
  • It was Johansson who scored the all-important goal shortly before half-time.
  • Coventry had a goal disallowed for offside.
  • He scored a spectacular goal in the second half.
  • He scored three goals in quick succession.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

General terms used in ball sports

  • aggregate score
  • assist
  • back pass
  • bobble
  • center circle
  • chip
  • goalless
  • holding
  • lay
  • layoff
  • long ball
  • man on! idiom
  • man-to-man defense
  • man-to-man marking
  • overarm
  • set piece
  • shoot
  • sidespin
  • unplayable
  • wrong-foot

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goal noun [ C ] (AIM)

B1 an aim or purpose:

Our goal is for the country to be fully independent within two years.
They have set themselves a series of goals to achieve by the end of the month.
Do you think I'll be able to achieve my goal of losing five kilos before the summer?

More examples

  • We must ensure that we do not set ourselves goals that are not attainable.
  • They have set themselves a series of goals to achieve by the end of the month.
  • The protection of the Antarctic from commercial exploitation is an important goal of environmentalists.
  • Our goal is for the country to be fully independent within two years.
  • Some economists think that full employment in Europe is an unattainable goal.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Goals and purposes

  • affordance
  • aim
  • ambition
  • aspiration
  • avail
  • cause 1
  • dedicated
  • deliverable
  • end
  • KPI
  • objective
  • order
  • orientation
  • point
  • poodle
  • poodle around (sth)
  • prize
  • should
  • use
  • utility

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