day 100finals and medals

finals and medals

Talk about sports, rankings and results, and say what comes second with 僅次於.

today’s words

• 隊伍 duìwǔ · team; ranks, line (of people)
• 決賽 juésài · final (of a competition)
• 競賽 jìngsài · compete; competition, contest
• 亞軍 yàjūn · runner-up, second place
• 榮譽 róngyù · honour
• 射擊 shèjí · shooting (sport); fire (at)
• 體操 tǐcāo · gymnastics
• 田徑 tiánjìng · athletics, track and field
• 裝備 zhuāngbèi · equipment, gear
• 排名 páimíng · rank, be ranked; ranking
• 恍惚 huǎnghū · dazed, in a daze
• 靜態 jìngtài · static state; still (not moving)
• 盲從 mángcóng · following blindly
• 欺侮 qīwǔ · bully, push around (written)
• 侵襲 qīnxí · hit, strike (storms, cold, illness)
• 閃耀 shǎnyào · shining, sparkling
• 世事 shìshì · the ways of the world
• 先驅 xiānqū · pioneer, forerunner
• 效法 xiàofǎ · follow the example of
• 延遲 yánchí · delay, postpone
• 與會 yùhuì · attend (a meeting or conference)
• 找尋 zhǎoxún · look for, search
• 追查 zhuīchá · investigate, trace
• 次於 cìyú · second to, ranked after

sentences

• 他的成績僅次於冠軍，得了亞軍。 · His result was second only to the champion’s: he came second.
• 前年我們的排名僅次於美玲她們公司。 · The year before last, we came second only to Meiling’s company.
• 能進決賽，就是很大的榮譽。 · Just reaching the final is a great honour.
• 她小時候練過體操，後來改練田徑和射擊。 · She did gymnastics as a child, then switched to athletics and shooting.
• 因為颱風侵襲，決賽延遲了一個星期。 · Because a typhoon hit, the final was put back a week.