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race

/reys/US // reɪs //UK // (reɪs) //

比赛,赛跑,赛事,比赛中

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
    • : races, a series of races, usually of horses or dogs, run at a set time over a regular course: They spent a day at the races.
    • : any contest or competition, especially to achieve superiority: the arms race; the presidential race.
    • : urgent need, responsibility, effort, etc., as when time is short or a solution is imperative: the race to find an effective vaccine.
    • : onward movement; an onward or regular course.
    • : the course of time.
    • : the course of life or a part of life.
    • : Geology. a strong or rapid current of water, as in the sea or a river.the channel or bed of such a current or of any stream.
    • : an artificial channel leading water to or from a place where its energy is utilized.
    • : the current of water in such a channel.
    • : Also called raceway. Machinery. a channel, groove, or the like, for sliding or rolling a part or parts, as the balls of a ball bearing.
    • : Textiles. the float between adjacent rows of pile.race plate.
v.无主动词 verb
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    raced, rac·ing.

    • : to engage in a contest of speed; run a race.
    • : to run horses or dogs in races; engage in or practice horse racing or dog racing.
    • : to run, move, or go swiftly.
    • : to run with undue or uncontrolled speed when the load is diminished without corresponding diminution of fuel, force, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
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    raced, rac·ing.

    • : to run a race against; try to beat in a contest of speed: I'll race you to the water.
    • : to enter in a race or races.
    • : to cause to run, move, or go at high speed: to race a motor.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbrun, speed in competition
Forms: raced, races, racing

Examples

  • After all, even if democratizing access to skills is the first step in a bigger race, it’s not an easy one.

  • In the 2018 Senate races that led to Republican gains, most votes were cast for Democrats.

  • The scientific race for a coronavirus vaccine is moving at record-shattering speed.

  • Polling in each state has moved within a fairly narrow range, as has the race overall.

  • Warren, who was one of more than two dozen candidates to run in the Democratic primary, dropped out of the race in March.

  • On Thursday, Garcetti ruled himself out of the race to succeed Boxer.

  • Think back to the Bush-Kerry race of 2004, the Thrilla in Vanilla.

  • How far has Congress really evolved on race when in 50 years it has gone from one black senator to two?

  • If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.

  • Each individual race involves an unusual collaboration between researchers, manufacturers, and public-health entities.

  • His hero, Gulliver, discovers race after race of beings who typify the genera in his classification of mankind.

  • Ever since his majority Lord Hetton had annually entered a colt in the great race.

  • Decide about it, ye that are learned in the ethnographic distinctions of our race—but heaven defend us from the Bourbonnaises!

  • His unbounded generosity won for him the admiration of all his race, who graciously recognized him as their Maguinoó.

  • One of the lower and mixed forms of artistic activity, in the case of the child and of the race alike, is personal adornment.