Race

(noun.) a contest of speed; 'the race is to the swift'.

(noun.) any competition; 'the race for the presidency'.

(noun.) people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; 'some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings'.

(verb.) compete in a race; 'he is running the Marathon this year'; 'let's race and see who gets there first'.

(verb.) to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; 'We are racing to find a cure for AIDS'.

(verb.) cause to move fast or to rush or race; 'The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze'.

贝莎整理

• Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was also used in October, 1899, on board the Grande Duchesse to report the international yacht race between the Columbia and the Shamrock at Sandy Hook, as seen in Fig. 13. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Ah, my good sir, you'll have to try the race again and again,--the game isn't there. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But in the seaport and markets mingled men of every known race, comparing their religious ideas and customs. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There is not a savage or barbaric race to-day that is not held in a net of such tradition. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But, though luxurious, the Norman nobles were not generally speaking an intemperate race. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Some fanatics among them, to be sure, held that one book, the Koran, was of itself sufficient to insure the well-being of the whole human race, but happily a more enlightened view prevailed. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The horses were gone to Rome and there was no more racing. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• There was still racing in Milan and the war could not be much worse. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Ursula nestled near him, into his constant warmth, and watched the pale-lit revelation racing ahead, the visible night. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• In another moment they were racing as madly away from us as they had before been charging down upon us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• A man ain't ashamed to say he wants to own a racing stable or a picture gallery. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Other French racing bicycles were no doubt in existence, but there is no history which can ascribe any truly constructive innovations in motorcycle making to any foreign country. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Along in the late nineties a keen interest in bicycle racing led to the introduction of what is known as the motor-paced tandem. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Races came and went, species passed away, but ever new species arose, more lovely, or equally lovely, always surpassing wonder. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The doctrine of the origin of our several domestic races from several aboriginal stocks, has been carried to an absurd extreme by some authors. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• They were coming back from the races. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• As implied in a previous chapter, number relations are not clearly grasped by primitive races. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• It is the statement of missionaries, that, of all races of the earth, none have received the Gospel with such eager docility as the African. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• These propositions will be most readily understood by looking to our domestic races. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• How were the races? 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• For the balance of the day and all the following night we raced across that ochre wilderness with the pursuers at our back ever gaining upon us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Above my head I could see the dangling forms of the boarding party as the battleship raced over us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I noted the marvellous speed of the young red man as he raced after the guards. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Together we raced across the scarlet sward, I timing my speed that I might not outdistance my slower companion. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• They raced wildly after me until, finally, my foot struck a projecting piece of quartz, and down I went sprawling upon the moss. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• A dark object was lying on the white beach, and, as they raced up to it, Crispin gave a cry of anguish. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• With speed lever pulled to the last notch, we raced toward the north as we rose ever farther and farther above that terrible valley of death. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.

校对:威拉德