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A semi- is a person or a team that plays in a semi-final. They have already come a long way. They are in the last four. Winning the semi-final makes them a . Losing it still leaves them a semi- — that is how far they got. News, sports pages, and contest shows use it. You can be a semi- in football, tennis, a singing contest, or a quiz. It names the round, not a prize for coming “almost first.” Though actually, you do not wait until after the match to use the word. You are a semi- as soon as you have a place in that round, including if you then lose.
準決賽選手、四強(進入準決賽的人或隊伍,含後來輸的)
組成semi-final + -ist (a person who belongs to that round).
同家族的字
- semi-finalthe match this person or team plays in
- finalistthe next step: someone who plays in the final
原始詞典資料1 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。
semi-finalistnoun
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Somebody or something that appears in a semi-final of a competition.
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。