league

noun

1. （体育运动队的）联合会，联赛
   a group of sports teams who all play each other to earn points and find which team is best
   1. major-league baseball
      棒球大联赛
   2. United were league champions last season.
      联队是上个赛季的联赛冠军。
2. （质量、能力等的）等级，级别，水平
   a level of quality, ability, etc.
   1. As a painter, he is in a league of his own (= much better than others) .
      作为画家，他独领风骚。
   2. They're in a different league from us.
      他们与我们不属同一个级别。
   3. When it comes to cooking, I'm not in her league (= she is much better than me) .
      提到烹饪，我的水平远比不上她。
   4. A house like that is out of our league (= too expensive for us) .
      那样的房子不是我们这号人买得起的。
3. 联盟；同盟
   a group of people or nations who have combined for a particular purpose
   1. the League of Nations
      国际联盟
   2. a meeting of the Women's League for Peace
      妇女和平联盟会议
4. 里格（长度单位，约等于3英里或4 000米）
   a unit for measuring distance, equal to about 3 miles or 4 000 metres

1. N-COUNT 联盟；同盟
   A league is a group of people, clubs, or countries that have joined together for a particular purpose, or because they share a common interest.
   1. ...the League of Nations.
      国际联盟
   2. ...the World Muslim League.
      世界穆斯林联盟
2. N-COUNT （体育运动队的）联合会，联赛
   A league is a group of teams that play the same sport or activity against each other.
   1. ...the American League series between the Boston Red Sox and World Champion Oakland Athletics...
      波士顿红袜队和世界大赛冠军奥克兰运动家队的美国联盟冠军赛对决
   2. The club are on the brink of promotion to the Premier League.
      俱乐部即将晋级超级联赛。
3. N-COUNT 级别；档次；水平
   You use the word league to make comparisons between different people or things, especially in terms of their quality.
   1. Her success has taken her out of my league...
      她的成绩令我望尘莫及。
   2. Their record sales would put them in the same league as The Rolling Stones.
      他们的唱片销量可与“滚石”乐队比肩。
4. PHRASE 沆瀣一气；勾结
   If you say that someone is in league with another person to do something bad, you mean that they are working together to do that thing.
   1. There is no evidence that the broker was in league with the fraudulent vendor...
      没有证据表明该经纪人与进行诈骗的卖主狼狈为奸。
   2. Williams operated the smuggling scheme in league with his brother.
      威廉斯串通其弟进行走私活动。

1. League referee Keith Cooper booked him in the first half for a tussle with the goalie.
   联赛裁判基思·库珀在上半场因他与守门员抢球犯规而对他记名警告。
2. The team is close to bottom of the League.
   这支球队快跌至联赛末席了。
3. Brydon's team-mate Martin Williamson consolidated his lead in the National League when he won the latest round.
   布赖登的队友马丁·威廉森在最近一轮比赛中获胜，巩固了自己在全国联赛中的领先地位。
4. Britain has dropped from second to third place in the league.
   英国在联赛中的排名从第二位降到了第三位。
5. They offered opposing players bribes to fix a decisive league match against Valenciennes
   他们贿赂对方队员，在联赛对阵瓦朗谢讷队的一场决定性比赛中作弊。
6. They're ready to go all out for the Premier League title next season.
   他们准备全力以赴，夺取下赛季的超级联赛冠军。
7. The league became the governing body for amateur fencing in the U.S.
   该联合会成了美国业余击剑运动的管理机构。
8. This change is neatly illustrated by what has happened to the Arab League
   这种变化鲜明地体现在阿拉伯联盟所发生的事件上。
9. The New England team are the worst in the league.
   新英格兰队是联盟中最差的队。
10. They didn't come last in their league.
    他们没有在联赛中垫底。
11. Their record sales would put them in the same league as The Rolling Stones.
    他们的唱片销量可与“滚石”乐队比肩。
12. There is no evidence that the broker was in league with the fraudulent vendor
    没有证据表明该经纪人与进行诈骗的卖主狼狈为奸。
13. Williams operated the smuggling scheme in league with his brother.
    威廉斯串通其弟进行走私活动。
14. Napoli have drawn level with AC Milan at the top of the Italian league.
    那不勒斯队追平了AC米兰队，并列意大利联赛排行榜的榜首。
15. The Cincinnati Reds have levelled the score in the National League play-off against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
    在国家联盟季后赛中，辛辛那提红人队扳平了与匹兹堡海盗队的比分。
16. Whittingham, the League's top scorer, had an off day, missing three good chances.
    联赛最佳射手惠廷厄姆状态不佳，错失了3个得分良机。
17. Once a tough defensive team, the Saints now have the most porous defence in the league.
    圣徒队一度防御能力很强，现在却成了联盟里防守漏洞最多的队伍。
18. He was the only National League umpire to wear an outside chest protector.
    他是唯一在衣服外面穿护胸的全国联赛裁判。
19. The National League for Democracy pulled off a landslide victory
    全国民主联盟获得了压倒性的胜利。
20. The Football League has announced its proposals for a radical reform of the way football is run in England.
    足联宣布了它关于对目前英格兰足球运作方式进行彻底改革的提议。
21. I understand Coca-Cola are to be named as the new sponsors of the League Cup later this week
    我知道可口可乐公司将在本周晚些时候被指定为联赛杯的新赞助商。
22. This merely strengthens our resolve to win the league
    这只会更加坚定我们赢得联赛的决心。
23. We're bottom of the league and we have to get stuck in.
    我们是联赛的最后一名，所以我们必须拼命赶超。
24. Scottish football would be subsumed by a British League.
    苏格兰足球将被纳入某个英国足球联赛。
25. The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate
    比利时人依照国际联盟的授权接管了卢旺达。
26. He was determined to use his remaining year with Manchester United for one last tilt at the League title.
    他决心利用他效力曼彻斯特联队的剩余一年时间最后一次冲击联赛冠军。
27. The win completed a treble for them – they already claimed a league and cup double this year.
    此役获胜成就了他们的三冠王——此前他们已经拿下了今年的联赛和杯赛双料冠军。
28. Thus the first worker's league came into being.
    第一个工人联盟就这样产生了。
29. He just isn't in your league.
    他和你根本不是同类型的人。

  society league union【导航词义：社团】

  society n. 社团，协会

〔辨析〕指具有共同志趣、目的等的团体，尤用于组织名称中。

  league n. 联合会，联盟

〔辨析〕指由具有共同目的、政治信念等的人或国家组成的联盟；也指体育运动队为决出冠军而互相比赛的联合会。

  union n. 工会，会社

〔辨析〕多指工会，也常用于协会、联合会、俱乐部等的名称中。

n.

in league (with sb)

• （与…）秘密串通，勾结
  making secret plans with sb

noun

1. an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

   Synonym:    conference

2. an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action

3. an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)

verb

1. unite to form a league