She's an immensely talented young athlete.她是个才华横溢的年轻运动员。
He is a father, sales manager, and athlete all rolled into one.他是一位父亲、一名销售经理，还是运动员，集三个角色于一身。
Her new trainer has promised to make an olympic athlete of her.她的新教练许诺将她培养成奥运选手。
If an athlete makes a false start, the race must be restarted.如果运动员抢跑，比赛就得重新开始。
He is currently considered to be the best British athlete.他目前被认为是英国最出色的运动员。

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athlete | American Dictionary

athlete
noun[ C ]
us/ˈæθˌlit/
a person who is trained or skilled in a sport and esp. one who regularly competes with others in organized events:
a professional athlete

Examples of athlete

athlete
At the third act, he was replaced by a new athlete who at first did marvellously well because he was fresh.
An athlete, a complexion, and a diet might all be called healthy.
They defined themselves as athletes and participated competitively in either team (15) or individual (7) sports.
A recent study found that male and female athletes with the highest saliva testosterone concentrations tended to have higher rankings within the team.
For the first time female athletes were investigated.
One important difference between canine and equine athletes is that horses are obligate nasal breathers during exercise.
He doesn't try to understand any of us, the changes in society, the different role of the athlete and the coach.
Examples include physician participation in capital punishment by lethal injection and prescribing anabolic steroids for athletes.
In the first place they were not athletes but warriors and not necessarily the best either.
Exercise and the master athlete-a model of successful aging?
Both laboratory data and echo studies of athletes in training have demonstrated the extremely rapid growth of myocardium in response to a pressure load.
Perhaps they served with her in a war, or know her as an outstanding musician, or as a former professional athlete.
Not all dive routines are considered to be about just whether the athlete moves from the diving board into the water.
These hearings, involving some of the nations' most celebrated athletes, generated a feeding frenzy of media coverage.
One important context that shaped the young athletes' perceptions of self-ageing was the family.
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accomplished athlete
He was also an accomplished athlete and secured a place in the eight of the college.
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