科比上赛季跟腱撕裂,目前仍处于恢复阶段。在最新一季的NBA球星排行榜上位列第25。他的排名是否公正?(Was NBA Ranking fair to Kobe?)ESPN专家对此进行了评论。
ESPN专家Ramona Shelburne认为科比排名不公平(Unfair)的理由如下:很难预估重返球场的科比能打出什么水准。在他上赛季末跟腱断裂之前,科比正以34岁的年纪打出了他通往名人堂之路最好的赛季表现之一。别忘了,人们都叫他“红酒(VINO)”——好吧,其实这最早是他自称——但他确实越陈越香。即使他失去了他的爆发力,他依然足以跻身联盟前十。( People were calling him "Vino" -- OK, he was calling himself that first -- because he seemed to have aged so well. Even with some loss of explosiveness, he's still one of the top 10 players in the NBA.)
与此同时,ESPN的另几位专家Amin Elhassan等也同时表示认为此次排名对科比是公平(Fair)的,理由如下:必须考虑到科比越来越大的年龄和伤病的严重性,他能排到25名已经很公正了( Considering Kobe's age and the severity of his injury, 25th is very fair and might even be generous. ),或者说是很慷慨的。有些时候,我们不得不接受科比的巅峰已经一去不复返了这个事实。虽然在去年的MVP评选中科比(第五)排在托尼-帕克(第六)的前面,但后来发生的事证明了帕克的排名应该更靠前才对。所以,与其说(科比排名25)是一种亵渎不敬,倒不如说是恰如其分。科比要从跟腱撕裂中恢复,而他现在已经35岁,这就是说,几盘分寸不可让,失势一落千丈强。
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☆fair为公平的意思,在前面加前缀un-即为不公平,unfair
☆explosiveness是爆发力的意思,loss of explosiveness失去爆发力。
☆severity of one’s injury 伤病严重性,severity用来形容伤病的严重程度。原句: Considering Kobe's age and the severity of his injury, 25th is very fair and might even be generous.
☆generous为慷慨的意思,用来形容25th is very fair and might even be generous.对科比排名已经是一种非常慷慨大方的举动了。此单词还能形容人的性格慷慨大方。