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词汇 horse race
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Definition of horse race in US English:

horse race

noun
  • 1A race between two or more horses ridden by jockeys.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Ken Holmes and Moira Emmett, from Cliffe, near Selby, vowed to compete in a separate race today, despite trustees of the horse race urging them to think again.
    • If you fix a horse race, well, it's mean, and people lose money, but if you fix a truck bombing…
    • In the chariot race or the horse race, they had a professional charioteer or professional jockey to ride them.
    • Not a natural one, I think, and what he would have gone for more was the rhythm of riding a horse, rather than the rhythm of a horse race, with the rising to the climax and going past the post and so on.
    • This will be followed by a furlong dash horse race and a wheelchair race.
    • Interspersed with Jimmy John's memorabilia were other local scenes: A crowd watching a horse race at the Montgomery County fair, 1948.
    • A horse race is much harder to predict than a human race because horses compete at different distances, at hundreds of tracks around the country where the conditions vary tremendously.
    • In the local races the horse race was won by Eddie Doocey, with Pat Flannery in second place.
    • But it's one of these things like a longshot in a horse race - your chances of winning are very small, but if you win, you win really big.
    • Kerry Group are sponsors of the 10-furlong open horse race of 800, called The Kerry Group race.
    • The Mascot Grand National is as hotly contested as the slightly more famous horse race which bears the same name and this year's result was not without controversy.
    • It is New York's greatest horse race, it is my favorite horse race.
    • It's a horse racing movie, and you can't go wrong with those… even if all else fails, it's pretty hard not to make a horse race exciting.
    • Numerous sports and games are played at the religious festivals of the Mordvins, especially foot races and horse races, and other contests.
    • The Il Palio bareback horse race around the Piazza del Campo is a sight to be seen.
    • Nevertheless Gartside and Cervera, though technically neat, struggled to find the humour in dressing as jockeys riding a symbolic horse race from Siberia to Moscow.
    • Loathed by animal welfare activists, the Omak Suicide Race is perhaps the most dangerous and brutal horse race in the world.
    • Competitors came from across Alberta, B.C. and Manitoba to compete in wild cow milking, team branding, team sorting, a ranch horse competition, horse race and bronc riding.
    • Twenty horses will contest the most important horse race in the United States.
    • He raced to the crime scene like a horse in a horse race.
  • 2A very close contest.

    eight hours after the polls closed, the election was still a horse race
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It does mean that Keyes can make the race interesting; maybe even a real horse race, and that's no laughing matter for the Democrats.
    • They're much too busy, you see, covering the horse race of the election to actually question anything one of the Rich Men says.
    • And frankly, regulation just isn't considered as sexy as a presidential horse race or a groundbreaking decision by the Supreme Court.
    • But we expect to be up late tonight in Arizona, because the polls show that was a horse race before Election Day today.
    • Oh, yes, people are obsessed with the horse race, and who wins this and who wins that, without looking at the big picture.
    • You see, we're all in this horse race together [some might prefer the term ‘rat race’].
    • Yet journalists by and large ignored his troubling inconsistency - that's the nicest term for it - and concentrated instead on his standing in the horse race.
    • Instead, they say, the media just love a horse race!
    • First, inevitably, his status as a front-runner has caused Democrats, spurred on by a media that wants a good horse race, to take a much closer look at him.
    • Ronnie was a hell of a player, and he had an absolute shotgun for an arm, but I'd have to say it was a pretty good horse race as to who was the best ballplayer on some of those teams.
    • You have a good point, Michelle, though, it is the horse race though rather than the competition of ideas that drives most political coverage.
    • And according to the latest polls, Schroeder may even be ahead, though within the margin of error, so it really is a horse race.
    • I mean, I know a lot of journalists and you know even more journalists and I've never heard a single one say you know, I really wish it were a horse race.
    • Let's take a look at some of the most recent polls nationwide, as far as the presidential horse race, as it's called, is concerned.
    • As the first horse race of the season draws close in Iowa, the whole machinery of political business as usual has clattered to life to chase after Howard Dean.
    • Ric, exit polling is not designed to give numbers on the horse race itself, but rather on the attitudes and opinions that influenced the voters in their decisions.
    • The press always likes a good horse race, and you know, it brings viewers in.
    • Let's have more competition, more voices and choices on the ballot, which is what the American people want, so we can pay attention to the real big issues, instead of the horse race and tactics.
    • If they did, the president would be 10 points ahead, not in a dead-heat horse race.
    • Oh, no, no, because as much as we get criticized for concentrating on the horse race, when we don't concentrate on the horse race, people want to know about the horse race.

Definition of horse race in US English:

horse race

noun
  • 1A race between two or more horses ridden by jockeys.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But Ken Holmes and Moira Emmett, from Cliffe, near Selby, vowed to compete in a separate race today, despite trustees of the horse race urging them to think again.
    • In the chariot race or the horse race, they had a professional charioteer or professional jockey to ride them.
    • Not a natural one, I think, and what he would have gone for more was the rhythm of riding a horse, rather than the rhythm of a horse race, with the rising to the climax and going past the post and so on.
    • It is New York's greatest horse race, it is my favorite horse race.
    • The Mascot Grand National is as hotly contested as the slightly more famous horse race which bears the same name and this year's result was not without controversy.
    • Loathed by animal welfare activists, the Omak Suicide Race is perhaps the most dangerous and brutal horse race in the world.
    • If you fix a horse race, well, it's mean, and people lose money, but if you fix a truck bombing…
    • Competitors came from across Alberta, B.C. and Manitoba to compete in wild cow milking, team branding, team sorting, a ranch horse competition, horse race and bronc riding.
    • The Il Palio bareback horse race around the Piazza del Campo is a sight to be seen.
    • But it's one of these things like a longshot in a horse race - your chances of winning are very small, but if you win, you win really big.
    • A horse race is much harder to predict than a human race because horses compete at different distances, at hundreds of tracks around the country where the conditions vary tremendously.
    • Twenty horses will contest the most important horse race in the United States.
    • Interspersed with Jimmy John's memorabilia were other local scenes: A crowd watching a horse race at the Montgomery County fair, 1948.
    • Kerry Group are sponsors of the 10-furlong open horse race of 800, called The Kerry Group race.
    • It's a horse racing movie, and you can't go wrong with those… even if all else fails, it's pretty hard not to make a horse race exciting.
    • He raced to the crime scene like a horse in a horse race.
    • Numerous sports and games are played at the religious festivals of the Mordvins, especially foot races and horse races, and other contests.
    • This will be followed by a furlong dash horse race and a wheelchair race.
    • Nevertheless Gartside and Cervera, though technically neat, struggled to find the humour in dressing as jockeys riding a symbolic horse race from Siberia to Moscow.
    • In the local races the horse race was won by Eddie Doocey, with Pat Flannery in second place.
  • 2A very close contest.

    eight hours after the polls closed, the election was still a horse race
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If they did, the president would be 10 points ahead, not in a dead-heat horse race.
    • Let's take a look at some of the most recent polls nationwide, as far as the presidential horse race, as it's called, is concerned.
    • Oh, no, no, because as much as we get criticized for concentrating on the horse race, when we don't concentrate on the horse race, people want to know about the horse race.
    • As the first horse race of the season draws close in Iowa, the whole machinery of political business as usual has clattered to life to chase after Howard Dean.
    • First, inevitably, his status as a front-runner has caused Democrats, spurred on by a media that wants a good horse race, to take a much closer look at him.
    • You have a good point, Michelle, though, it is the horse race though rather than the competition of ideas that drives most political coverage.
    • But we expect to be up late tonight in Arizona, because the polls show that was a horse race before Election Day today.
    • Instead, they say, the media just love a horse race!
    • Yet journalists by and large ignored his troubling inconsistency - that's the nicest term for it - and concentrated instead on his standing in the horse race.
    • Let's have more competition, more voices and choices on the ballot, which is what the American people want, so we can pay attention to the real big issues, instead of the horse race and tactics.
    • It does mean that Keyes can make the race interesting; maybe even a real horse race, and that's no laughing matter for the Democrats.
    • They're much too busy, you see, covering the horse race of the election to actually question anything one of the Rich Men says.
    • You see, we're all in this horse race together [some might prefer the term ‘rat race’].
    • And frankly, regulation just isn't considered as sexy as a presidential horse race or a groundbreaking decision by the Supreme Court.
    • I mean, I know a lot of journalists and you know even more journalists and I've never heard a single one say you know, I really wish it were a horse race.
    • Oh, yes, people are obsessed with the horse race, and who wins this and who wins that, without looking at the big picture.
    • The press always likes a good horse race, and you know, it brings viewers in.
    • Ric, exit polling is not designed to give numbers on the horse race itself, but rather on the attitudes and opinions that influenced the voters in their decisions.
    • And according to the latest polls, Schroeder may even be ahead, though within the margin of error, so it really is a horse race.
    • Ronnie was a hell of a player, and he had an absolute shotgun for an arm, but I'd have to say it was a pretty good horse race as to who was the best ballplayer on some of those teams.
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