喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a set of teams sorted onto the same shelf because they all belong together and can be measured against each other — and once they're on that shelf, you can read off who sits higher and who sits lower. 'League' carries both ideas at once: a group bound together, and a level on a ladder of quality.

可以想成一群隊伍被放到同一個層架上：它們被綁在一起、彼此較量，而一旦排上去，就看得出誰高誰低。league 同時帶著…更多收起可以想成一群隊伍被放到同一個層架上：它們被綁在一起、彼此較量，而一旦排上去，就看得出誰高誰低。league 同時帶著兩個畫面——一個是「綁在一起的一群」，一個是「品質階梯上的某一格」。後面那些『同不同一個 league』的講法，其實都是從這個「同一格／不同格」的畫面長出來的。

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綁在一起的一群（聯賽・聯盟）

最具體的畫面：一群被綁在一起、固定互相比賽或合作的成員。這是核心畫面裡「同一個層架上的一群」那一半。

a sports league · noun · B1

A set of sports teams or players who play each other regularly to decide rankings.

聯賽 / 聯盟

階梯上的某一格（檔次・等級）

核心畫面的另一半：一旦東西被排上同一個層架，就有了高低之分。這一族把 league 從「一群」轉成「一格等級」，用來比兩個人或兩樣東西差多遠。

not in the same league · noun · B1

Used in 'not in the same league' to say that someone or something is not nearly as good or important as another.

不在同一檔次

暗中綁在一起（勾結）

回到「綁在一起的一群」那一半，但把它藏進暗處：兩方私下結成同一夥，而且常是為了不好的目的。

in league with · noun · B1

Used in 'in league with' to say that someone is secretly working together with another, often for a bad purpose.

暗中勾結

Also in this word

league (old distance unit) · noun · B1

An old unit for measuring distance, about three miles or roughly 4,800 metres on land.

里格（古老距離單位）

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。

Leaguename詞源 1

  • 1

    A surname.

leaguenoun詞源 1/liːɡ/

  • 1

    A group or association of cooperating members.

    • the League of Nations
    • And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity.
  • 2

    hobbieslifestylesportsAn organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.

    • My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League and the American League in baseball.
    • He loved watching cricket leagues all around the world.
  • 3

    A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.

    • Forget about dating him; he's out of your league.
    • We're not even in the same league.
  • 4

    A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).

  • 5

    governmentmilitarypoliticsAn alliance or coalition.

leagueverb詞源 1/liːɡ/

  • 1

    To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.

    • Out of my sight, thou Serpent, that name best Befits thee with him leagu'd.
    • I believe that all the Bohemians and the great folks in Paris are so leagued together, that they are afraid of one another, and the people receive all the buffets of their disagreeings.

leagueadj詞源 1/liːɡ/

  • 1

    ball-gamesgameshobbiesPlaying in the The Football League or the Premier League, the top four divisions of English football

leaguenoun詞源 2/liːɡ/

  • 1

    The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).

    • Thenne kynge Mark and sir Dynadan rode forth a four leges englysshe tyl that they came to a brydge where houed a knyght on horsbak armed and redy to Iuste. "Then King Mark and Sir Dinadan rode forth a four leagues English, till that they came to a bridge where hoved a knight on horseback, armed and ready to joust."
    • Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.
  • 2

    A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。