league
league 英 [li:g] 美 [liɡ]
n. 联盟；联赛；级别
进行时:leaguing 过去式:leagued 过去分词:leagued 第三人称单数:leagues 名词复数:leagues
- The two meanings of league are quite different — either it’s a group or federation joined for a common purpose (say, your bowling league or the League of Nations) or it’s a rough measurement of about three miles, usually at sea.
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- n. 联盟；联赛；级别
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1. major league baseball
棒球大联赛
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2. the League of Nations
国际联盟
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3. a meeting of the Women's League for Peace
妇女和平联盟会议
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4. They're in a different league from us.
他们与我们不属同一个级别。
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5. A house like that is out of our league.
那样的房子不是我们这号人买得起的。
- league (n.1) "alliance," mid-15c., ligg, from Middle French ligue "confederacy, league" (15c.), from Italian lega, from legare "to tie, to bind," from Latin ligare "to bind" (from PIE root *leig- "to tie, bind"). Originally among nations, subsequently extended to political associations (1846) and sports associations (1879). League of Nations first attested 1917 (created 1919).
- league (n.2) itinerary unit in medieval England, distance of about three statute miles, late 14c., ultimately from Late Latin leuga (source also of French lieue, Spanish legua, Italian lega), which is said by Roman writers to be from Gaulish. A vague measure (perhaps originally an hour's hike), in England it was a conventional, not a legal measure, and in English it is found more often in poetic than in practical writing.
- league (v.) "to form a league," 1610s, from league (n.1). Related: Leagued; leaguing.
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