近日，2019年布达佩斯（Budapest）世乒赛1/4决赛上，马龙以 4:0 横扫队友林高远。
赛后有外国记者采访马龙，“你觉得瑞典的瓦尔德内尔怎么样？”（What do you think about Jan-Ove Waldner, the Swedish player?）
却被现场翻译听成，“你认为你的双打搭档怎么样？”似乎是把Waldner听成了Partner。其中partner表示“搭档；同伴”（a person that you are doing an activity with, such as dancing or playing a game）。
当然，“英语小组长”马龙立刻上线，指出了翻译的问题，“他说的是瓦尔德内尔吧？”哈哈哈哈哈哈，厉害了！
我们看看当天比赛马龙横扫队友的报道：
Olympic champion Ma Long scored a straight-sets win over fellow Chinese Lin Gaoyuan as he eased into the men's singles semifinals.
The defending champion and the Chinese team captain played a solid match as he beat his 24-year-old teammate 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 and 11-4.
Ma Long will meet another Chinese Liang Jingkun, who edged Japanese Koki Niwa 4-3, in Saturday's semifinals.
straight-sets
a straight-sets win此处用来指“4:0”横扫队友，straight-sets的英文解释为“（tennis, of a victory or a loss in a match）Achieved in the minimal possible number of sets”，A straight set may also mean a set which is won by a score of 6-something; i.e. is won at the first opportunity and does not reach five games all.
straight作形容词，除了表示“直的”（without a bend or curve; going in one direction only），还可以指“一个接一个的，连续的，不间断的”（happening immediately one after another in a series），举个：
The team now has an amazing record of 50 straight wins.
这个队现在保持着50场连胜的惊人纪录。
defending champion
defend作动词，可以表示“卫冕”，英文解释为“When a sports player plays in the tournament which they won the previous time it was held, you can say that they are defending their title.”举个：
The defending champion will play her first match of the tournament tomorrow.
卫冕冠军将在明天进行她在此次锦标赛中的第一场比赛。
同样在体育比赛中，还可以指“防守，防卫”，英文解释欸“to try to prevent the opposing player or players from scoring points, goals, etc. in a sport”举个：
In the last ten minutes of the game, we needed to defend.
我们得在比赛的最后十分钟内进行防守。
而在法律上则可以指“（在法庭上）为…辩护，当…的辩护律师”（to act as a lawyer for someone who has been accused of something in a court of law and try to prove that they are not guilty），如“被告”就是defendant：A defendant is a person who has been accused of breaking the law and is being tried in court.
edge
熟词僻义，edge作动词，此处应该是个短语，edge sb. out 表示“小胜，险胜某人”，英文解释为“to defeat someone by a small amount”举个：
China edged out Italy by two points.
中国队险胜意大利队两分。
Sweden's Mattias Falck beat France's Simon Gauzy 4-1 while An Jaehyun downed fellow South Korean Jang Woojin 4-3.
Ma Long/Wang Chuqin defeated Liang Jingkun/Lin Gaoyuan 4-0 in an all-Chinese men's doubles semifinal on Friday night.
Chinese duo Ma Long and Wang Chuqin won the men's doubles gold medal, beating Romania's Ovidiu Ionescu and Spain's Alvaro Robles 4-1 at the World Table Tennis Championships here on Saturday.
duo
表示“搭档；一对表演者”，英文解释为“two people who perform together or are often seen or thought of together”，如：the comedy duo Yue Yunpeng and Sun Yue 岳云鹏和孙越这对喜剧搭档。
单打/双打/混双
doubles表示“双打比赛”，英文解释为“a game played between two pairs of players, especially in tennis”如：the men’s doubles 男子双打。
singles则表示“单打比赛”，英文解释为“a game, especially in tennis, in which one person plays on their own against another person”；
mixed doubles则是“混合双打（比赛）”（a game in a sport such as tennis in which a man and a woman play against another man and woman）。
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