semi-final
semi-final — 名詞
1. a match or round of a knockout competition that is held just before the final —
準決賽
決定誰能晉級決賽的比賽回合
a match or round of a knockout competition that is held just before the final — the winners go through to fight for the championship, and the losers are out of the tournament.
Joon's team reached the semi-final for the first time in the club's sixty-year history.
Joon 的隊伍在俱樂部六十年歷史中首次打進準決賽。
reach the semi-final — common verb + noun collocation
Tamás scored the winning goal in the semi-final against the defending champions.
Tamás 在對上衛冕冠軍的準決賽中踢進了致勝一球。
Sivan played the most composed tennis of her career in the semi-final on Centre Court.
Sivan 在中央球場的準決賽中打出了她生涯最沉穩的一場比賽。
Both semi-finals were on the same Saturday, so Karim had to recover between matches.
兩場準決賽都在同一個星期六，Karim 必須在比賽之間恢復體力。
Iris watched her older brother's semi-final from the stands, cheering until she lost her voice.
Iris 從看台上看著哥哥的準決賽，加油喊到聲音都啞了。
- semifinal
same meaning; closed spelling preferred in American English
- penultimate round
more formal and technical; can describe any second-to-last stage, not only sports
- last four
informal; only works when exactly four competitors remain before the semi-finals
- final
the championship round that follows the semi-final
文法句型
reach the semi-final
qualify for the semi-final
in the semi-final
make it to the semi-finals
用法筆記
Often used in the plural ('the semi-finals') even when speaking about a single round of a tournament, because the round typically consists of two or more separate matches.
常見錯誤
semi-final — 形容詞
1. taking place in the round of a competition that comes right before the final, or
四強
與決賽前最後一輪相關的
taking place in the round of a competition that comes right before the final, or describing a person or team playing in that round.
The semi-final match between Hari and the tournament favourite lasted over three hours.
Hari 與錦標賽熱門選手之間的準決賽持續了三個多小時。
semi-final match — attributive adjective + noun
For the first time, three Asian nations reached the semi-final stage of the World Cup.
首次有三個亞洲國家踢進了世界盃的四強階段。
semi-final stage — describing the level of the competition
Yael's semi-final opponent had won the previous four tournaments without losing a set.
Yael 在準決賽的對手已經連續拿下前四座冠軍，一盤未失。
The semi-final draw paired the two strongest teams together, leaving fans deeply disappointed.
四強抽籤結果讓兩支最強的隊伍提前碰頭，球迷大失所望。
A record audience of twelve million people watched the two semi-final games on Sunday evening.
週日晚間有創紀錄的一千兩百萬名觀眾收看了兩場四強賽。
- penultimate
broader term; applies to any second-to-last item, not just sports rounds
- pre-final
rare and mostly technical; semi-final is the standard term in everyday English
- final
describing the last and decisive round of a tournament
文法句型
semi-final + match/round/stage/game
semi-final + appearance/opponent/draw
用法筆記
Always placed directly before a noun (attributive). Cannot be used after a linking verb — 'the match is semi-final' is incorrect; say 'it is a semi-final match' or simply 'it is the semi-final' using the noun form.