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marathon n.马拉松；耐力比赛 (1) 跑马拉松要有耐力。(2) 他连一哩都跑不了，更不用说马拉松了。(3) 马拉松赛接近终点时，有些参赛者显出极难受的样子。(4) 我那次求职面试简直是马拉松式的长谈。 The word marathon has ancient legendary roots: it comes from a long journey taken on foot by the Greek messenger Pheidippides, from the battlefields of Marathon to Athens in 490 BCE. As the story goes, he ran without stopping, announced to the citizens of Athens, "We have won," and promptly died. The marathon was one of the original Olympics events, and its difficulty inspired the figurative meaning of "any difficult undertaking."

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英 ['mærəθən] 美 ['mærəθɑːn] (1) It takes stamina to run a marathon.(2) He can hardly run a mile, much less the marathon.(3) Towards the end of the marathon several runners showed signs of distress.(4) My job interview was a real marathon. A marathon is a very long race that runners compete in — a 26 mile, 385 yard race, to be exact. When you're training for a marathon, you'll gradually increase the distance of your daily runs. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]马拉松赛跑(全程26英里，约合42公里) A marathon is a race in which people run a distance of 26 miles, which is about 42 km.   [the N]...running in his first marathon...参加他生平第一次马拉松比赛Rodgers can also claim four victories in the New York Marathon.罗杰斯也能在纽约马拉松比赛中4次夺冠。The marathon is the sport of running marathon races.马拉松比赛...when I took up the marathon.当我开始参加马拉松比赛的时候2[ADJ 形容词]马拉松式的；漫长而累人的；耗时费力的 If you use marathon to describe an event or task, you are emphasizing that it takes a long time and is very tiring.   [ADJ n]  [emphasis]People make marathon journeys to buy glass here.人们千里迢迢赶到这里购买玻璃。...a marathon session of talks with government representatives.与政府代表们马拉松式的会谈...the medical team which successfully carried out the marathon operation.成功地完成了长时间手术的医疗小组

英语单词	marathon
英美音标	英 ['mærəθən] 美 ['mærəθɑːn]
中文释义	n.马拉松；耐力比赛
英语例句	(1) It takes stamina to run a marathon. (2) He can hardly run a mile, much less the marathon. (3) Towards the end of the marathon several runners showed signs of distress. (4) My job interview was a real marathon.
中文例句	(1) 跑马拉松要有耐力。 (2) 他连一哩都跑不了，更不用说马拉松了。 (3) 马拉松赛接近终点时，有些参赛者显出极难受的样子。 (4) 我那次求职面试简直是马拉松式的长谈。
vocabulary简明	A marathon is a very long race that runners compete in — a 26 mile, 385 yard race, to be exact. When you're training for a marathon, you'll gradually increase the distance of your daily runs.
vocabulary扩展	The word marathon has ancient legendary roots: it comes from a long journey taken on foot by the Greek messenger Pheidippides, from the battlefields of Marathon to Athens in 490 BCE. As the story goes, he ran without stopping, announced to the citizens of Athens, "We have won," and promptly died. The marathon was one of the original Olympics events, and its difficulty inspired the figurative meaning of "any difficult undertaking."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]马拉松赛跑(全程26英里，约合42公里) A marathon is a race in which people run a distance of 26 miles, which is about 42 km. [the N] ...running in his first marathon... 参加他生平第一次马拉松比赛 Rodgers can also claim four victories in the New York Marathon. 罗杰斯也能在纽约马拉松比赛中4次夺冠。 The marathon is the sport of running marathon races.马拉松比赛 ...when I took up the marathon. 当我开始参加马拉松比赛的时候 2 [ADJ 形容词]马拉松式的；漫长而累人的；耗时费力的 If you use marathon to describe an event or task, you are emphasizing that it takes a long time and is very tiring. [ADJ n] [emphasis] People make marathon journeys to buy glass here. 人们千里迢迢赶到这里购买玻璃。 ...a marathon session of talks with government representatives. 与政府代表们马拉松式的会谈 ...the medical team which successfully carried out the marathon operation. 成功地完成了长时间手术的医疗小组

Marathon Run Long Takes Mile Runners Race Distance