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  kickoff: 开始
[ 2005-11-07 11:01 ]

经过5天的激烈角逐,东亚运动会游泳比赛鸣金收兵,在全部40项产生的42枚金牌中,中国泳军以33枚金牌的骄人战绩完美收官,但是在成绩的背后,有许多东西值得思考,33枚金牌的含金量不高。

请看报道:Chinese Sunday extended its dominance in swimming at the East Asian Games as what it had done since the kick-off of the races to clinch four out of last seven events, piling up total 33 golds from 40 races.

kickoff的本意是“足球中的开球、开赛时间”,如:The kickoff is at 4 o' clock.(足球赛今天下午4时开赛。)在口语中,kickoff 常被用来表示“(社交集会、比赛等)开始、序幕”,报道中的kickoff正是此意。例如:The dance marked the kickoff of the charity's fund drive.(舞会标志着该慈善机构募集基金运动的开始。)

kickoff的动词形式是kick off。如:An increase in oil price increase would kick off a new round of inflation.(石油价格的上涨将引起新一轮的通货膨胀。)

(中国日报网站编)