雅思詞匯解析（78）| 競技比賽

1. streak /?stri?k/

v.（連續(xù)成功或失敗的）一段時間

搭配：a winning/losing streak 連贏；連輸

on a winning / unbeatable streak 處于連贏狀態(tài)

e.g. His winning streaks were broken by a younger competitor.

e.g. Despite all their efforts, the team found themselves on a winless streak, struggling to break free from defeats.

補充：break free from 擺脫

v. streak 使布滿條痕；夾雜著…

e.g. He looked about forty years of age, but his dark hair was streaked with grey.

2. psych /sa?k/

搭配1：psych somebody. up 給某人加油打氣

e.g. He was trying to psych himself up before the race.

搭配2：psych somebody out 使（某人）精神緊張;在心理上壓倒某人

e.g. Go for it! Don’t psych yourself out!

e.g. He was trying to psych me out by reminding me of the last time he beat me.

e.g. Putting on a game face might be a double-edged sword: You might psych out some players or you might motivate them even more.

補充：

a double-edged sword 雙刃劍

put on a game face 面臨挑戰(zhàn)競爭或壓力時，表現(xiàn)出堅定、專注和決心的表情。

3. stalemate /'ste?lme?t/

n. 僵局;僵持

常見搭配：end in a stalemate

e.g. It seemed that the dispute ended in a stalemate.

e.g. The basketball game ended in a stalemate, as neither team was able to score the winning point in the final seconds.

其他補充：draw n. 平局；不分勝負的比賽

e.g. The game ended in a draw.

e.g. The game was a draw.

4. dead weight /'ded weit/

someone or something that makes success more difficult 累贅；負擔

e.g. Despite all his dedicated efforts, Jack was a dead weight on the team owing to his inexperience in national-level games.

e.g. His lack of engagement in the group project made him feel like a dead weight among his active teammates.