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spectator sport

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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specˈtator ˌsport / $ ˈ... ˌ./ noun [countable]  1. DSa sport that people go and watch 观赏性体育运动2 something that you watch rather than take part in – usually used humorously 只旁观不参加的事情〔一般为幽默用法〕 Life is not a spectator sport. 在生活中不能只做旁观者。
Examples from the Corpus
spectator sportRugby has become big business and a spectator sport.Mathematics is not a spectator sport.Sport may be taken too seriously; high-performance spectator sport is arguably too central to our lives already.More than £1 billion is bet on greyhound racing each year in what is Britain's most popular spectator sport.Marina took charge of Lucy, and she relaxed: Marina drawing people out was spectator sport.
specˈtator ˌsport nounChineseSyllable
go watch that a Corpus and sport people


spectator sport
specˈtator ˌsport / $ ˈ... ˌ./ noun [countable]
1. a sport that people go and watch
2. something that you watch rather than take part in – usually used humorously:
    Life is not a spectator sport.


spectator sportBrE /spekˈteɪtə spɔːt/ 🔊NAmE /spekˈteɪtər spɔːrt/ 🔊 nouna sport that many people watch; a sport that is interesting to watch 群众爱看的体育运动;观赏性体育运动