playoff

/ˈpleɪ.ɒf/ (bre, ipa) · [plˈeˌɔf] /ˈpleɪ.ɑːf/ (ame, ipa) · [plˈeˌɔf] /ˈplā-ˌȯf/ (ame, mw)

playoff — 名詞

  • playoffsingular
  • playoffsplural

1. a deciding game, round, or extra period played after two sides finish level, use

1.名詞B2
釋義

加賽；附加賽

平手後再打的決勝賽

a deciding game, round, or extra period played after two sides finish level, used to choose the winner

例句

Dahlia and Ryo finished level after eighteen holes, so the tournament went to a playoff.

Dahlia 與 Ryo 打完十八洞仍然平手，所以比賽進入加賽。

pattern: go to a playoff

The final ended 2-2, and the cup was settled by a playoff on Sunday.

決賽踢成二比二，這座盃賽冠軍在週日靠一場加賽分出勝負。

pattern: settle by a playoff

同義詞
  • tiebreaker

    more general; it can be one point or rule, not only a full extra game

  • decider

    broader and less specific about a tie causing the extra contest

  • play-off

    British spelling of the same sports term

文法句型

go to a playoff

force a playoff

a playoff between X and Y

用法筆記

This sense is for an extra deciding contest caused by a tie. Distinguish it from sense 2, which names the post-season championship rounds rather than one added tiebreak game.

常見錯誤

❌They met in a playoff before the season started.
✅They met in a playoff after finishing level at the end of the event.
💡this sense is an extra decider after a tie, not an ordinary scheduled game.

2. the championship rounds played after the regular season, especially in North Ame

2.名詞B1
釋義

季後賽

例行賽後的冠軍淘汰賽

the championship rounds played after the regular season, especially in North American sports, when the top teams try to win the title

例句

The Lakers secured a playoff spot with two games still left on the schedule.

湖人隊在賽程還剩兩場時就先搶下季後賽席次。

collocation: playoff spot

If Seattle loses tonight, the club will miss the playoffs again this year.

如果西雅圖今晚輸球，球隊今年又會無緣季後賽。

collocation: miss the playoffs

同義詞
  • post-season

    broader and more neutral; it can describe the period, not only the games

  • finals

    narrower; it often means only the last round

  • knockout stage

    more common in soccer and international tournaments than in US leagues

反義詞
  • regular season

    the scheduled part of the season before the playoffs begin

  • preseason

    the warm-up period before the official season starts

文法句型

the playoffs

make the playoffs

miss the playoffs

a playoff game

用法筆記

Usually plural with the. In North American sports writing it often refers to the whole elimination tournament, and the word is also common before another noun, as in playoff game or playoff spot.

常見錯誤

❌Our team made a playoff this year.
✅Our team made the playoffs this year.
💡this sense is usually plural with 'the'.