全球|EDG是什么？( 二 ) 英雄联盟|of|比赛|World|Gaming|知

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??召唤师杯（Summoner's Cup）是英雄联盟全球总决赛（League Of Legends World Championship）的冠军奖杯，由全球知名的 Thomas Lyte公司负责制作。
knockout
knockout意思是“淘汰赛” ，也可以表示“（拳击中的）击倒获胜；击败对手的一击；击倒对手获胜”、“非常成功的、引人注目的人/物，极有魅力的人/物”（someone or something that is very attractive or successful），举个??：
Her dress was a knockout.
她的连衣裙非常漂亮。
??我们说的KO实际上就是knockout的缩写（KO is an abbreviation for knockout）。
contender
表示“竞争者；争夺者” ，英文解释为“someone who competes with other people to try to win something”举个??：
Now aged 51, he is no longer considered a serious contender for the title.
他今年51岁，人们已不再认为他是夺冠的热门人物了。
区分：
??contestant ，表示“参赛者，选手” ，英文解释为：A contestant in a competition or game show is a person who takes part in it. (From: LearnAndRecord)
whittle sth. down
表示“使缩小；使（人数）减少” ，英文解释为“to gradually reduce the size of something or the number of people in a group”举个??：
We had 20 applicants for the job, but we've whittled them down to three.
这个职位我们有20位申请者，我们已经将其筛减到了3位。
The upcoming finals pairing will see the reigning champions "DWG KIA" (commonly referred to as "Damwon Gaming") going toe-to-toe with the "Edward Gaming" team. The former comfortably took last year's title, with a 3-1 victory over Suning, but their challengers have proven themselves to be capable adversaries over the past month, so it could go either way.
在即将到来的决赛中，卫冕冠军“DWG KIA”（通常称为“Damwon Gaming”）将与“Edward Gaming”（EDG）队交锋。前者以3-1战胜苏宁，轻松拿下了去年的冠军，但他们的挑战者EDG在过去一个月里已经证明了自己是有实力的对手，所以最终比赛谁赢都有可能。
reigning
reigning /?re?n??/ 表示“（冠军）本届的；现任的” ，英文解释为“The reigning champion is the most recent winner of a contest or competition at the time you are talking about.”如：the reigning champion 卫冕冠军，举个??：
he's the reigning champion at Wimbledon.
她是本届温布尔登网球赛冠军。
toe-to-toe
表示“正对面；直接竞争” ，英文解释为“directly opposing or competing with each other”举个??：
We don’t have to go toe-to-toe with our competitors in every market.
我们不需要在每一个市场与我们的竞争者正面直接竞争。
对比：
??在杨倩yyds!!!文中出现另一个词：head-to-head ，原句：In this new event, two qualifying rounds narrow the field down for two head-to-head matchups, one for gold and one for bronze. 在这个新项目中，通过两轮资格赛淘汰参赛选手，最终进行两场正面对决，一场争夺金牌，一场争夺铜牌。
??head-to-head表示“正面交锋” ，英文解释为“involving a direct competition between two people or teams” ，如：a head-to-head contest 正面竞争。
title
作名词，熟词僻义，表示“（竞赛、体育比赛的）冠军” ，英文解释为“[C] the position of being the winner of a competition, especially a sports competition”如：the world heavyweight title 重量级世界拳击冠军。
adversary
adversary /??dv?s?r?/ 表示“对手，敌手” ，英文解释为“Your adversary is someone you are competing with, or arguing or fighting against.”
Followers of e-sports think that the smart money is still on DWG KIA—as they generally have a better track record and Edward Gaming hasn't necessarily dominated its competition so far. That being said, upsets are not unheard of in esports.
电竞迷们认为DWG KIA仍然可能赢得总冠军，因为他们通常有更好的赛事记录，而EDG到目前为止还不一定在其竞争中占优势。话虽如此，电竞中的爆冷并非闻所未闻。
smart money
表示“行家的投资（或赌注）；明智的投资（或赌注）” ，英文解释为“money that is invested or bet by people who have expert knowledge”举个??：
【全球|EDG是什么？】It seems the smart money is no longer in insurance (= is no longer being invested in insurance companies).
似乎专业投资不再投向保险业。
The smart money is on him for the best actor award.
内行认为他将获最佳演员奖。
track record
表示“业绩记录；成绩记录；过去的成绩或成就” ，英文解释为“all the past achievements, successes or failures of a person or an organization”举个??：