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2005年国际乒联巡回赛总决赛12月11日晚圆满落幕。在中国女双、男双和男单选手相继出局后,孤军奋战的张怡宁今晚不负众望,在女单决赛中以4比0轻松战胜目前世界排名第三的新加坡选手李佳薇,第三次登上了巡回赛总决赛的冠军领奖台。

请看报道中的这样一句话:"It has been processing and resulted in a much easier way than I expected," said Zhang, who had to enter the 240,000 US dollars event with awildcardafter playing less than enough games in this season's professional tour.

句中的wildcard照字面来解释,就是“野外的一张卡”,不过,这样来解释让人太费解。其实,wildcard 是体育比赛中的一个术语,叫做“外卡”,指的是比赛中给予不具参赛资格选手的特殊参赛权。

例如:The wild-card player surprised everyone by winning the championship。(那位外卡选手跌破众人的眼镜,赢得了冠军。)

(中国日报网站编)

 
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