“冠军”在英语中可以表达为:
champion;
first place;
gold medalist
medal /'med(?)l/ n. 奖牌,勋章,纪念章
medalist n. 奖牌获得者
“亚军”在英语中可以表达为:
second place;
runner-up;
silver medalist
silver /'s?lv?/ adj. 银制的; 像银的
“季军”在英语中可以表达为:
third place;
second runner-up;
bronze medalist;
bronze /br?nz/ adj. 青铜制的;青铜色的,古铜色的
champion
/?t??m.pi.?n/ n. 冠军
释义:
someone or something, especially a person or animal, that has beaten all other competitors in a competition
(人或动物)冠军,获胜者
例:
an Olympic champion 奥运会冠军
She is the world champion for the third year in succession.
她第3次蝉联世界冠军。
*in succession 接连地,连续地
The defending champion will play his first match of the tournament tomorrow.
卫冕冠军将在明天参加锦标赛的第一场比赛。
champion作形容词也可以表示“优秀的,第一流的,很好的”。
runner-up
/r?n?r'?p/ n. 亚军
亚军指在竞赛中比较冠军次一名的参与者。在文言文,亚字带有次级的意思。例如,西周时代,有一职级称为亚卿,就是比较正卿低一个级别;项羽称范增为「亚父」,表示他比较生父次一级的意思。后来,人们就以亚军称呼比赛中的第二名。
释义:
In a competition, the runner-up is usually the person who comes in second place. In the Olympics, an athlete who wins a silver medal can be called a runner-up.
在比赛中,runner-up通常指的是第二名。在奥运会上,获得银牌的运动员可以被称为runner-up。
这个取词的意义可能和第二名以及之后的名次的人需要继续追赶(run up)第一名有关。
例:Italy, with roughly the same population, has won four World Cups and been runner-up in a few more.
而人口差不多相当的意大利,获得四次世界杯冠军和好几次亚军。
second runner-up/ third place
季军
而季军在英语里就没有单独的词汇,一般都是second runner-up或third place。而如果你使用了复数形式,也就是runners-up 其实它是可以指第一名以后的几名的,可能是第二名、第三名或第四名等。