篮球英文堂 第268期:NBA巨星改行做游戏主播?(2)

Even if the stakes of such a tournament are mere¹ bragging² rights,

尽管这次比赛的输赢无足轻重，

the idea of live competition featuring professional athletes will be a welcome change of pace in light of recent events.

但从近况来看，由职业运动员参加游戏直播比赛不失为一个不错的主意。

Fans are starved for something resembling professional sports after missing them for several weeks, and if nothing else,

球迷们在错过了几周的比赛之后，特别期待职业体育比赛之类的活动。不出意外的话，

this tournament will feature some of their favorite athletes competing against one another at the highest level possible at the moment.

一些人气最旺的运动员将在这场最高级别的比赛殿堂里竞争属于2020年特殊的“奥布莱恩杯”。

From a social distancing perspective, it's hard to ask for much better.

从当下都要进行隔离的情况来看，很难有更好的选择了。

NBA 2K is a series of high resolution basketball sports simulation video games developed and released annually³ since 1999.

NBA2K是自1999年以来，每年开发并发行的一系列高分辨率篮球运动模拟视频游戏。

The premise⁴ of each game in the series is to emulate⁵ the sport of basketball, more specifically,

该系列的每款游戏的前提是模仿篮球运动，更确切地说是美职篮，

the National Basketball Association, and present improvements over the previous installments⁶.

并在前几部作品的基础上进行了改进。

The series was originally published by Sega Sports, and is now published by 2K Sports.

该系列最初由世嘉体育发行，现在由2K体育出版。

All of the games in the franchise⁷ have been developed by Visual Concepts.

该系列中的所有游戏都是由视觉概念公司开发的。

The series consists of eighteen main installments and several spinoff-style titles.

该系列包括十八个主要部分和几个派生风格的标题。

It has seen released on eighteen different platforms. The NBA 2K series has also been used in eSports.

它已在十八个不同平台上发布。NBA2K系列也被应用于电子竞技领域。

1 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

2 bragging   

v.自夸，吹嘘( brag的现在分词 )；大话

参考例句：

• He's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer. 他总是吹嘘自己板球水平高超。 来自辞典例句
• Now you're bragging, darling. You know you don't need to brag. 这就是夸口，亲爱的。你明知道你不必吹。 来自辞典例句

3 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

4 premise   

n.前提；v.提论，预述

参考例句：

• Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
• We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。

5 emulate   

v.努力赶上或超越，与…竞争；效仿

参考例句：

• You must work hard to emulate your sister.你必须努力工作，赶上你姐姐。
• You must look at the film and try to emulate his behavior.你们必须观看这部电影，并尽力模仿他的动作。

6 installments   

部分( installment的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The first two installments were pretty close together in 1980. 第一次和节二次提款隔得很近，都是在1980年提的。
• You have an installments sales contract. 你已经订立了一份分期付款的买卖契约了。

7 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。