From the word’s history
From Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek athlētḗs, from athléō 'to compete for a prize'.
經拉丁文，源自古希臘文 athlētḗs，來自 athléō「為獎品競賽」。
You can picture someone on the track, waiting for the starting gun — a body trained for running, jumping, throwing, and put up against other bodies to see who does it best. The picture holds two things at once: a trained body, and a contest.
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
athletenoun/ˈæθ.liːt/
- 1
A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
- 2
A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
- She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor.
- Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
- 3
An exceptionally physically fit person.
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