一、详细释义：


n.

体育（课），体育运动，田径运动，竞技


例句：

He was forced to drop out of amateur athletics.

他被迫退出了业余体育运动。


例句：

She showed us the athletics awards she had won.

她给我们看她赢得的体育运动奖。


二、词义辨析：


athletics,sport,game

这些名词均有“体育运动”之意。 athletics集合名词，常指需要体力与技术的sports与games，特指跳高、跑等竞技项目。 sport含义比athletics广泛，指各种形式的体育运动，尤指户外的如游泳、钓鱼、划船、登山等运动。 game主要指决定胜负的游戏、比赛，通常有一定的规则，参加者必须遵守，如蓝球、足球等。也作“运动会”解。


三、参考例句：


Would you recommend doing athletics?

你会推荐大家参加体育运动吗？


I like all the athletics events.

我喜欢所有的田径项目。


The Olympics are one kind of athletics spirit.

奥林匹克是一种竞技精神。


She showed us the athletics awards she had won.

她给我们看她赢得的体育运动奖。


The stadium emptied at the end of the first day of athletics.

首日比赛结束后，体育场空无一人。


Athletics South Africa was formed by an amalgamation of two organisations.

南非体育协会由两个组织合并而成。


This magazine caters for teenagers who go in for athletics, camping, etc.

这种杂志是供爱好体育运动、野营等的青少年阅读的。


Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm.

肯尼亚的长跑运动员在田径界获得了巨大成功。


Tennis, gymnastics, athletics, swimming, football and ice hockey are just some of the sports which are popular in the country.

网球，体操，跑步，游泳，足球及冰上曲棍球是一些在这个国家流行的体育项目。


Jovanee Jarrett of Jamaica competes in the women's long jump qualification during the world athletics championship at the Olympic stadium in Berlin.

柏林奥林匹克体育场举行的世界田径锦标赛:牙买加运动员乔维尼•贾丽特参加女子跳远资格赛。