marathon
英 ['mærəθ(ə)n]
美['mærə,θɑn]
- n. 马拉松赛跑；耐力的考验
- adj. 马拉松式的；有耐力的
- vi. 参加马拉松赛跑
词态变化
复数: marathons;
助记提示
1. 音译“马拉松”。
公元前490年，一场激烈的战役在位于雅典东北40公里处的村镇——马拉松（Marathon）打响。最终，雅典人在米太亚得的统率下，打败了波斯人。
这是一场决定性的战役。通过这场战役，雅典人击退了波斯人的入侵，拯救了希腊，结束了第一次米堤亚战争。
为了尽快将胜利的消息告知国人，雅典军队派了一名赛跑运动员回去报信。这名运动员从战场一口气跑到了雅典城。当他到达目的地，刚宣布完胜利的喜讯后，就一头栽倒在地，力竭而死。
为了纪念这位勇敢的士兵，人们于19世纪末设立了一个距离为42.195公里的长跑比赛项目并将其命名为“马拉松”。
时至今天，马拉松赛跑已成为奥运会的收官项目。
公元前490年，一场激烈的战役在位于雅典东北40公里处的村镇——马拉松（Marathon）打响。最终，雅典人在米太亚得的统率下，打败了波斯人。
这是一场决定性的战役。通过这场战役，雅典人击退了波斯人的入侵，拯救了希腊，结束了第一次米堤亚战争。
为了尽快将胜利的消息告知国人，雅典军队派了一名赛跑运动员回去报信。这名运动员从战场一口气跑到了雅典城。当他到达目的地，刚宣布完胜利的喜讯后，就一头栽倒在地，力竭而死。
为了纪念这位勇敢的士兵，人们于19世纪末设立了一个距离为42.195公里的长跑比赛项目并将其命名为“马拉松”。
时至今天，马拉松赛跑已成为奥运会的收官项目。
中文词源
marathon 马拉松
来自古希腊地名Marathon,字面意思为茴香，即长满茴香的土地。来自公元前490年，在Battle of Marathon战役中，希腊联军打败了波斯军队，战士Pheidippides从Marathon一路不停奔跑将这一喜迅传达给雅典，最后力竭而死。其路程约为42.195公里，后为纪念他，在1896年首次在雅典举行的奥林匹克运动会上设置了这一比赛项目，即marathon race.
英英释意
- 1. any long and arduous undertaking
- 2. a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards
英文词源
- marathon
- marathon: [19] According to tradition, when the Greek army defeated the Persians at Marathon, on the northeast coast of Attica, in 490 BC, the runner Pheidippides was dispatched to bring the good news to Athens (in fact there is no contemporary evidence for the story, which is not recorded until 700 years after the event). When the modern Olympic Games were first held, in Athens in 1896, a long-distance race was introduced to commemorate the ancient feat, run over a course supposedly equal in distance to that from Marathon to Athens (about 35 km/22 miles).
The present distance (42.195 km/26 miles 385 yards) was established at the 1908 London Olympics (the odd yards were added to bring the finishing line in front of the royal box). - marathon (n.)
- 1896, marathon race, from story of Greek hero Pheidippides, who in 490 B.C.E. ran the 26 miles and 385 yards to Athens from the Plains of Marathon to tell of the allied Greek victory there over Persian army. The original story (Herodotus) is that he ran from Athens to Sparta to seek aid, which arrived too late to participate in the battle. Introduced as an athletic event in the 1896 revival of the Olympic Games, based on a later, less likely story, and quickly extended to mean "any very long event or activity." The place name is literally "fennel-field." Related: Marathoner (by 1912).
考试真题
- If you're training for a marathon, you wouldn't expect to turn up and just be able to run it.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- So it might be a good idea to get someone else to drive you home after that marathon.
2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A
- Pipitone says, such as if you're an extreme endurance athlete, training for a marathon, or you're a body builder.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train.
2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- A month before the marathon, the author made up his mind to run.
2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设
- Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels, I can now call myself a "marathon winner".
2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- How was the author's first marathon?
2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设
- The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn't even find the finish line.
2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- Training for a marathon requires careful preparation and steady, gradual increases in the length of the runs.
2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文
实用场景例句
- the London marathon
- 伦敦马拉松赛跑
牛津词典
- to run a marathon
- 参加马拉松赛跑
牛津词典
- The interview was a real marathon.
- 这次面试真是一场马拉松。
牛津词典
- [只用于名词前]a marathon journey lasting 56 hours
- 持续了56小时的马拉松式的旅程
牛津词典
- a marathon legal battle
- 一场马拉松式的法律斗争
牛津词典
- ...running in his first marathon...
- 参加他生平第一次马拉松比赛
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Rodgers can also claim four victories in the New York Marathon.
- 罗杰斯也能在纽约马拉松比赛中4次夺冠。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- People make marathon journeys to buy glass here.
- 人们千里迢迢赶到这里购买玻璃。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a marathon session of talks with government representatives.
- 与政府代表们马拉松式的会谈
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She mistimed the marathon runner.
- 她给马拉松运动员计时时出现了计时错误.
期刊摘选
- Marathon Runner: Longest total distance traveled in the match.
- 马拉松: 总距离最长的比赛.
期刊摘选
- More than 2000 years ago at Marathon, the Greeks won a victory.
- 在约在2000年以前,居住在马拉松的希腊人获得了胜利.
英语晨读30分（初三）
- She expresses oneself present main attack marathon, but will not give up attending the location competition.
- 她表示自己目前主攻马拉松, 不过也不会放弃参加场地比赛.
期刊摘选
- After running the marathon, his body had aches in places he didn't even know existed.
- 跑完马拉松之后, 他的有些身体部位疼得都失去了知觉.
期刊摘选
- At age 18, he ran his first marathon.
- 十八岁时, 他第一次跑马拉松.
期刊摘选
- Where did the marathon come from?
- 马拉松运动的起源是 什么 ?
期刊摘选
- The marathon talks exhausted him completely.
- 马拉松式的谈判使他精疲力竭.
辞典例句
- Marathon running also might not be effective at keeping weight off, as many participants hope.
- 跑马拉松可能并不能像很多参与者所希望的那样能有效地持续减肥.
期刊摘选
- I'm hoping to be in the marathon next year.
- 我希望明年能参加马拉松赛.
《简明英汉词典》
- He set up a new national record in the marathon race.
- 他创造了马拉松赛跑的全国新记录.
期刊摘选
- I had run this year the half Cheng marathon of san Francisco the match.
- 我今年跑过旧金山的半程马拉松比赛.
期刊摘选
- After running in the marathon, she was flat out for a week.
- 她参加马拉松比赛后一星期都疲惫不堪.
辞典例句
- A fraction of the 26 miles he once ran in the Big Sur International Marathon.
- 就是冉迪曾经跑过的26英里国际马拉松赛程的一小段.
期刊摘选
- Which country holds the record for the marathon?
- 哪个国家保持马拉松赛跑的最快纪录?
期刊摘选
- I skated in a marathon last year.
- 去年我就参加马拉松溜冰比赛.
期刊摘选
- People lined the streets to watch marathon.
- 人们夹道观看马拉松赛跑.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Two of the runners in the Marathon race collapsed and were carried off in a state of prostration.
- 两位马拉松赛跑选手累倒了,他们在虚脱状态中被抬走.
《现代汉英综合大词典》