league

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A league is a group of people, clubs, or countries that have joined together for a particular purpose, or because they share a common interest. 聯(lián)盟; 協(xié)會
...the League of Nations. …國際聯(lián)盟。
2. N-COUNT A league is a group of teams that play the same sport or activity against each other. (各種運動隊的) 聯(lián)盟
...the American League series between the Boston Red Sox and World Champion Oakland Athletics. …波士頓紅襪隊和世界冠軍奧克蘭運動家隊之間的美國職業(yè)棒球聯(lián)盟系列賽。
3. N-COUNT You use league to make comparisons between different people or things, especially in terms of their quality. 級別; 水平
Her success has taken her out of my league. 她的成功使她和我不再處于同一個等級上了。
4. PHRASE If you say that someone is in league with another person to do something bad, you mean that they are working together to do that thing. (與某人) 勾結(jié)
There is no evidence that the broker was in league with the fraudulent vendor. 沒有代理人和奸商相勾結(jié)的證據(jù)。
5. N an obsolete unit of distance of varying length. It is commonly equal to 3 miles 里格; 長度單位，約為3英里