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Media Reports: Corruption in Tennis

2016-01-20来源:VOA
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tournament – n. a sports competition or series of contests that involves many players or teams and that usually continues for at least several days

bet – n. an agreement in which people try to guess what will happen and the person who guesses wrong has to give something (such as money) to the person who guesses right

fix – v. to control or affect (something, such as a game or election) in a dishonest way

alert – n. something (such as a message or loud sound) that tells people there is a problem

discipline – n. punishment for bad behavior

rank – n. a position in a society, organization, group, etc.

concrete – adj. relating to or involving specific people, things or actions rather than general ideas or qualities

stuff – n. informal used to speak in a general way about something that is talked about, written about, etc.

vigilant – adj. carefully noticing problems or signs of danger