香港新闻工作者从业英语词典（169）

　　香港马季最快可于下年年中延长。

　　The Hong Kong racing season could be extended from as early as summer next year.

　　香港最著名外籍练马师宾康，昨日因使用禁药，被吊销牌照十个月。

　　Patrick Biancone， the best-known horse trainer to come to Hong Kong， was suspended for 10 months on doping charges yesterday.

　　香港短途锦标the Hong Kong Sprint

　　特别赛马投注的税率duty on Jockey Club exotic bets

　　纯种马thoroughbreds

　　能够成功竞投世界顶尖马匹can bid successfully for the world's top horses

　　退役马匹ex-racehorses/retired horses

　　马佳善Basil Marcus

　　马季the race season

　　马迷racing fans

　　马评人/马评家/赛马评述员racing commentator

　　马会主席李福深Jockey Club chief steward Alan Li Fook-sum

　　马会行政总裁黄至刚Jockey Club chief executive Lawrence Wong Chi-kwong

　　马会昨日展开调查，证实堕马事件和其它参赛骑师无关，亦和赛道程况无关。

　　A inquiry into the fall held yesterday exonerated the jockeys who rode in the race and said the state of the track played no part.

　　马会场外投注站Jockey Club betting centre

　　马会干事steward

　　斗蟋蟀的赌客cricket-fighting punters

　　将会首度跑二千米will be stepping up to 2，000 meters for the first time

　　得到大笔奖金get the payout

　　从电话接受赌徒下注took bets from punters mainly by telephone

　　排在十一檔 was drawn in barrier 11

　　第十场赛事取消。

　　Race 10 will be abandoned.

　　连赢Quinella

　　透过电话投注via Telebet

　　单T/孖Ｔ/三ＴSingle Trio/Double Trio/Triple Trio

　　场内孖Ｔon-course Double Trio

　　场外投注站off-course betting centres

　　曾胜出二十八场头马had ridden 28 career winners

　　曾隶属简炳墀马房had been attached to the stable of Brian Kan Ping-chee

　　策骑「汉廷之宝」时堕马came off Happy King

　　超级马迷devoted horse-racing lovers

　　仅胜靓虾王一个马鼻held Fairy King Crawn by a short-head

　　爱伦早就计划让靓虾王在三月尾远征杜拜。

　　A trip to Dubai at the end of March has long been in Allen's planning for Fairy King Prawn.

　　爱尔兰种阉马Irish-bred gelding

　　新马季昨日于沙田展开，入场人数较预期少，投注额较去年下跌百分之一点八。南非骑师霍达取得四场头马，令人难忘。

　　The new racing season was ushered in Sha Tin yesterday with a smaller than expected crowd， a 1.8 per cent drop in turnover and a memorable quartet of winners for South American jockey Robbie Fraud.

　　会再度在本土出赛will be racing on home soil again

　　董事杯Stewards' Cup

　　电子麒麟在一哩锦标表现令人失望，只跑第五。今场牠回复水准，大大拉近了和靓虾王的距离跑第三。但骑师金仕芬承认两驹间的实力有所距离。

　　Electronic Unicorn bounced back from his disappointing fifth in the Hong Kong Mile to finish a lot closer to Fairy King Prawn this time in third， but jockey Steven King was under no illusions about the gulf in class between the pair.

　　鼓励顾客减少使用胶袋encouraging customers to use fewer plastic bags

　　对于有人呼吁要落实禁止十八岁以下人士购买马票一事作出响应responding to calls for tighter implementation of the ban on ticket sales to under-18s

　　网上投注Internet betting

　　轻松地以一点五个身位击败隶属告东尼马房的亿铭之驹，电子麒麟则落后亿铭之驹半个身位排第三。

　　beat the Tony Cruz-trained Magnifier by a comfortable 1 1/2 lengths， with Electronic Unicorn another half length back in third.

　　缔造了她职业生涯中最精彩时刻had recorded the highlight of her career

　　赌马式微the demise of racetrack betting

　　赌马者punter

　　踏着「鸿运」的后蹄clipped the heels of Big Fortune

　　遮打杯Chater Cup

　　遭人道毁灭was put down

　　靓虾王Fairy King Prawn

　　独赢Win

　　头马纪录winning tally

　　头马距离win margin

　　头场跑第三finished third in the opening event

　　总投注额overall betting turnover

　　赛前预测pre-race comments

　　赛马日racing day

　　赛马日/跑马日race days

　　赛马会向政府保证每年缴纳不少于80亿元税款。

　　The Jockey Club would offer the government a financial guarantee that tax revenues would， at a minimum， be maintained at $8 billion.

　　转入直路straightened

 

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