The postseason is the time in sport after the usual season has finished — the extra weeks when the best teams keep playing to see who wins the title.

The postseason季後賽 is the time in sport是運動賽事裡的一段時間，after the usual season has finished在例行球季結束之後——the extra weeks多出來的那幾週，when the best teams keep playing最好的幾支隊伍會繼續打，to see who wins the title來決定誰拿冠軍。

American English loves the word: baseball, basketball, and American football all have a postseason. You can use it as a noun (they made the postseason) or as an adjective (a postseason game).

American English loves the word美式英語很愛用這個字：baseball, basketball, and American football all have a postseason棒球、籃球、美式足球都有各自的postseason。You can use it as a noun你可以把它當名詞用 (they made the postseason)（像they made the postseason，他們打進了季後賽），or as an adjective或當形容詞用 (a postseason game)（像a postseason game，一場季後賽的比賽）。

The games in that stretch are often called the playoffs; the postseason is that whole after-season time, which is mostly those games. You may see a hyphen: post-season.

The games in that stretch那段時間裡的比賽 are often called the playoffs常常叫做the playoffs；the postseason is that whole after-season time而postseason指的是整個球季後的那段時間，which is mostly those games大部分就是那些比賽。You may see a hyphen你可能會看到中間加連字號：post-seasonpost-season這種寫法。

British English says this less; people there often just say the play-offs.

British English says this less英式英語比較少這樣說，people there often just say the play-offs那邊的人通常直接說the play-offs。

Though actually, it is not the off-season. The off-season is when the sport has stopped and nobody is playing. The postseason is still sport, still serious, still on TV.

Though actually不過其實，it is not the off-season它不是off-season（休賽季）。The off-seasonoff-season（休賽季） is when the sport has stopped是指這項運動已經停打，and nobody is playing沒有人在比賽的時候。The postseasonpostseason is still sport仍然是比賽，still serious仍然很認真，still on TV也仍然會轉播。