race
noun uk/reɪs/ us/reɪs/
(COMPETITION)
A2 [ C ]赛跑，速度竞赛
a competition in which all the competitors try to be the fastest and to finish first
Do you know who won/lost the race? 你知道比赛谁赢／输了吗？
Let's have a swimming race. 让我们比一比看谁游得快。
They're taking part in a race to the top of Mont Blanc. 他们将参加攀登勃朗峰的比赛。
C1 [ C ]竞争；争夺；抢先
an attempt to be the first to do or to get something
Kieran and Andrew are in a race for promotion. 基兰和安德鲁为得到升职的机会而展开竞争。
[ + to infinitive ] Three newspapers are involved in a race to publish the story. 三家报纸都争相发表这篇报道。
Another candidate has now entered the presidential race (= the attempt to be elected as president). 另一个候选人现在也加入了竞选总统的行列。
Finishing this project by December is going to be a race against time/the clock (= an attempt to finish fast within a time limit). 要在12月之前完成这个工程，那就得分秒必争。
races[ plural ] 赛马会
a series of horse races in a particular place on one day
He often has a day at the races. 他经常抽出一天时间去看赛马会。
- More examples
- I was just congratulating Ceri on winning her race.
- If an athlete makes a false start, the race must be restarted.
- Several jockeys were arrested on suspicion of fixing the race.
- It was a real race against time to get all the costumes sewn for the play.
- He found three 400 metre races in two days hard going.
(PEOPLE)
C1 [ C or U ]人种，种族
a group, especially of people, with particular similar physical characteristics, who are considered as belonging to the same type, or the fact of belonging to such a group
People of many different races were living side by side. 许多不同种族的人生活在一起。
Discrimination on grounds of race will not be tolerated. 不能容忍种族歧视。
An increasing number of people in the country are of mixed race (= with parents of different races). 这个国家人口中混血儿的人数越来越多。
[ C, + sing/pl verb ]民族
a group of people who share the same language, history, characteristics, etc.
The British are an island race. 英国人是个岛国民族。
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- She teaches the students to have respect for different races and appreciate the diversity of other cultures.
- Primitive races colonized these islands 2000 years ago.
- People should not be stigmatized on the basis of race.
- Today, many Americans are still grappling with the issue of race.
- Discrimination on the basis of race, gender, age or disability is not allowed.
Idiom
play the race cardidiom disapproving 打种族牌（指在竞选中力求获胜而发表带有种族偏见的言论）
to try to gain an advantage by drawing attention to someone's race or to issues of race
race
verb uk/reɪs/ us/reɪs/
(COMPETITION)
B1 [ I or T ]（使）参加比赛;与…比赛
to (cause to) compete in a race
He has been racing for over ten years. 他已经有10年多的赛龄了。
I used to race (against) him when we were boys. 小的时候，我就经常和他赛跑。
He's racing three of his dogs on Saturday. 星期六他将让他的3条狗参加赛狗。
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- Last time she raced against the Brazilian, she won by a whisker.
- He collects vintage cars, which he races occasionally.
- They raced against each other to settle the bet.
- He was racing against several more experienced runners.
- For religious reasons, she will not race on Sundays.
(HURRY)
C1 [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ]（使）快速移动（或行进）;（使）疾走（或疾驰）;（使）快速奔跑
to move or go fast
He raced down the street. 他在街上飞奔。
The ambulance raced (= quickly took) the injured to a nearby hospital. 救护车把伤者迅速送到附近的一家医院。
The summer seems to have raced by (= passed very quickly). 夏天好像转眼就过去了。
He raced the car engine (= made it work faster than it needed to) as he sat impatiently at the traffic lights. 等候红绿灯时，他不耐烦地坐在车里，让汽车发动机疯狂地空转。
Idiom
someone's heart/mind/pulse racesidiom （某人）的心脏狂跳不已／脑筋急速转动／脉搏狂跳
If your heart/mind/pulse races it works extremely fast because of excitement, drugs, illness, etc.
She was hot and sweaty and had a racing heart. 她热得汗流浃背，心怦怦狂跳。
A glimpse of his bare torso set my pulse racing. 我瞥了一眼他赤裸的躯干，顿时感到血脉贲张。