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  3. /spectate

spectate

UKUS
C2

Definitions

v.

To watch a sports event or performance as a spectator.

观看(比赛/演出)

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
spectlook, observe, watch
+
-ateto make, having
=spectate

Back-formed from «spectator»; uncommon as a verb.

Root sp still carries 131 more words

Common Collocations

  • 1.spectate at an event观看某项赛事
  • 2.[spectate from the sidelines]在场边旁观
  • 3.spectate in silence静静地观看

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She prefers to spectate rather than play.

Word Forms

Verb

Pastspectated
3rd Personspectates
Past Part.spectated
Pres. Part.spectating
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