【英语时差8,16】公平竞争 -上

 William: Hello I'm William Kremer. Feifei: I'm Feifei. What's today's word, William? William: Well there's a footballing theme to this week's question, or at least a sporting theme. Let me ask you, Feifei, what characteristics do you associate with British people? Feifei: Um... well, you're all a bit cynical¹ William: Ye-es. That's... That is probably fair. But what about more positive characteristics? Feifei: Um... William: To do with sport... Yeah, that's also probably fair as well. But what about our sportsmanship, Feifei? In particular, our sense of fair play? Feifei: Maybe. But what about the phrase, fair play? When do we use that, William? William: Well, that's a little bit tricky² to explain. But we tend to say 'fair play' when somebody does something annoying or perhaps a little negative but we shouldn't criticise³ them because they were sticking to the rules of the game, or to the spirit of the rules. Feifei: Right. That is a little tricky to understand. Can you give us an example? William: I'd be delighted to, Feifei. This example is from two men watching a football match. A goal has just been disallowed⁴ because the scorer was offside.

1 cynical   

adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的，不信世道向善的

参考例句：

• The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
• He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。

2 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

3 criticise   

v.批评，评论；非难

参考例句：

• Right and left have much cause to criticise government.左翼和右翼有很多理由批评政府。
• It is not your place to criticise or suggest improvements!提出批评或给予改进建议并不是你的责任！

4 disallowed   

v.不承认（某事物）有效( disallow的过去式和过去分词 )；不接受；不准；驳回

参考例句：

• The judge disallowed that evidence. 法官驳回那项证据。 来自辞典例句
• Her claim was disallowed on the ground(s) that she had not paid her premium. 她要求赔款遭到拒绝，原因是她事先没有交纳保险费。 来自辞典例句