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Beckham's retirement

 

hang up his boots 掛靴

 

例子：At the age of 38, David Beckham decided it was time to hang up his boots.

 

中文「掛靴」其實來自英文 “hang up one’s boots”。Boots 即是球靴；球靴高掛，不失為表達「退休」的形象化方式。

 

Hang up his boots (掛靴) 的同義詞：

 

retire 退休

(verb 動詞)

例子：David Beckham retired from his football career at the age of 38.

 

bow out 鞠躬退場

(phrasal verb 片語動詞)　

例子：It was initially thought that Backham would not bow out until next year by extending his contract with PSG for one more year.   

 

bring the curtain down on sth 閉幕

例子：David Beckham brought the curtain down on his glittering football career in May, 2013.

 

不說不知，同是足球員，英國會用footballer，美國則以 soccer player 稱呼，因為 football在美國通常指美式足球啊！

 

例子：David Beckham is an English former footballer who started his legendary football career when he was playing for Manchester United.

 

Football 的各式用法：

football team 足球隊

football fan/supporter 球迷

football pitch 球場

football hooligan足球流氓

 

make a name for yourself 打響名堂

 

例子：David Beckham first started making a name for himself in Manchester United, one of Hong Kong people’s favourite clubs nicknamed “The Red Devils” (紅魔鬼). 

 

Synonyms for “make a name for yourself” 一些同義詞：

 

famous    聞名的

popular    受歡迎的

well-known      廣為人知的

renowned        著名的

eminent           顯赫的

celebrated       出名的

legendary        傳奇的

 
Antonyms for “famous” 反義詞：

 

little-known     一文不名的

obscure           少人知道的

infamous         不出名的

notorious         臭名遠播的

 

Premier League 英超足球

 

例子：The Premier League is an English professional league for men's association football clubs. Contested by 20 clubs, it is at the top of the English football league system.

 

league 同盟、聯盟

(noun 名詞)

 

League的意思並不限於「聯盟」，還可以用來表達廣東話俗語「唔係果班」甚至是「超班」！

 

not in the same league 「唔係果班」

► not as good or important as sth else

 

例子：The British are not in the same league as the French at making wine.

 

in a different league 「超班」

► to be much better than sth else

 

例子：For most of the match, our team was in a different league.

 

be in league with somebody 暗地勾結

► to be working with someone secretly, especially for a bad purpose 

 

例子：Peter was accused by his own teammates of being in league with another team.

 

football jargons 足球術語

 

appearance 出場比賽

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：Beckham has once made his record number of appearances for Manchester United.

 

home advantage 主場之利

例子：Arsenal, the home team, enjoyed its home advantage to beat the away team.    

 

home team主場球隊

away team作客球隊

 

own goal 烏龍波

   
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