术语“中长跑”的详细信息

英译术语:

middle-distance race

汉语语境:

中长跑是比短跑距离长一点的田径比赛，长度达到3000米。标准的中长跑的长度应该是800米，1500米和一英里，3000米也被归为中长跑。888码或是半英里赛跑是800米的前身，在英国自19世纪30年代就开始了。

英语语境:

Middle-distance race are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 meters. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 880 yard run, or half mile, was the forebear to the 800 m distance and it has its roots in competitions in the United Kingdom since 1830s.

英译术语:

middle-distance running

汉语语境:

在田径赛中，中长跑的距离一般是指距离在800米（差不多是半英里）到3000米（差不多是2英里）。在国际竞赛中，中长跑比赛包括800米、1500米（一法定英里）、还有3000米（是男子的障碍赛，但是女子的普通赛）。在英语国家，直到20世纪中叶，800码（半英里）和一英里基本等同于800米和1500米。

英语语境:

Middle-distance running, in athletics (track and field), ranging in distance from 800 meters (roughly one-half mile) to 3, 000 meters (almost 2 miles). In international competitions, middle-distance races include the 800 meters, the 1, 500 meters (the metric mile) and the 3, 000 meters (a steeplechase event for men, but a regular run for women). In English-speaking countries, until the second half of the 20th century, the 880 yards (half mile) and the mile were run as the equivalents of the 800 meters and the 1, 500 meters.