long game

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词形变化

long games 复数 long games

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A long-term strategy or endeavor.

    Near-synonym: long haul

    We were surprised that he didn't object immediately, but then we realized that he's playing the long game.

    I'm in it for the long game.

  2. 2.

    The version of the game played until one team makes ten points, as opposed to the short game, which is played to five points.

    Chamber's Encyclopedia: “About 1785 the experiment of dividing the game into half was tried, and short whist was the result. The short game soon came into favour; and in 1864 the supremacy of short whist was acknowledged.”

  3. 3.

    The aspect of the game in which the strategy is to advance downfield by throwing the ball to a receiving player; the passing game.

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  4. 4.

    The portion of the game, played with driver clubs, in which the ball is advanced down the fairway to the putting green.

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