league

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A league is a group of people, clubs, or countries that have joined together for a particular purpose, or because they share a common interest. 聯(lián)盟; 協(xié)會(huì)
...the League of Nations. …國(guó)際聯(lián)盟。
2. N-COUNT A league is a group of teams that play the same sport or activity against each other. (各種運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì)的) 聯(lián)盟
...the American League series between the Boston Red Sox and World Champion Oakland Athletics. …波士頓紅襪隊(duì)和世界冠軍奧尅蘭運(yùn)動(dòng)家隊(duì)之間的美國(guó)職業(yè)棒球聯(lián)盟系列賽。
3. N-COUNT You use league to make comparisons between different people or things, especially in terms of their quality. 級(jí)別; 水平
Her success has taken her out of my league. 她的成功使她和我不再処於同一個(gè)等級(jí)上了。
4. PHRASE If you say that someone is in league with another person to do something bad, you mean that they are working together to do that thing. (與某人) 勾結(jié)
There is no evidence that the broker was in league with the fraudulent vendor. 沒(méi)有代理人和奸商相勾結(jié)的証據(jù)。
5. N an obsolete unit of distance of varying length. It is commonly equal to 3 miles 裡格; 長(zhǎng)度單位，約爲(wèi)3英裡