0 a competition in which all the competitors try to be the fastest and to finish first:
Let's have a swimming race.
Kieran and Andrew are in a race for promotion.
[ + to infinitive ] Three newspapers are involved in a race to publish the story.
Another candidate has now entered the presidential race (= the attempt to be elected as president).
Finishing this project by December is going to be a race against time/the clock (= an attempt to finish fast within a time limit).
He often has a day at the races.
1 one of the main groups to which people are often considered to belong, based on physical characteristics that they are perceived to share such as skin colour, eye shape, etc.:
4 a competition between people or animals to see who can get from the starting place to the finish before all the others:
5 any social group into which humans can be divided according to perceived similarities in their physical characteristics:
6 to compete in a race or run a race with someone:
[ I always + adv/prep ] The boys came racing across the playground.
[ I always + adv/prep ] Last summer seemed to race by.
I was just congratulating Ceri on winning her race.
If an athlete makes a false start, the race must be restarted.
Several jockeys were arrested on suspicion of fixing the race.
It was a real race against time to get all the costumes sewn for the play.
She teaches the students to have respect for different races and appreciate the diversity of other cultures.
People should not be stigmatized on the basis of race.
Today, many Americans are still grappling with the issue of race.
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比賽, 賽跑,速度競賽, 競爭…
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比赛, 赛跑,速度竞赛, 竞争…
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carrera, raza, echar una carrera…
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corrida, raça, correr…
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競走, 競争, レース…
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yarış, yarışma, müsabaka…
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course [feminine], race [feminine], faire la course…
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cursa, raça, fer una cursa…
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