spectator sport
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++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 sport• Rugby 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
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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.
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: