/'spɔ:tɪŋ; `spɔrtɪŋ/
adj
1 [attrib 作定语] connected with or interested in sport 娱乐的; 运动的; 爱好文体活动的
*a sporting occasion 一项体育活动
* a sporting man 爱好运动的男子.
2 showing fairness; generous; sportsmanlike 公正的; 大度的; 风格高的
*It's very sporting of you to give me an initial advantage. 你开局先让我一步, 真是够大方的.
* He made me a sporting offer, ie one that involved some risk of his losing. 他甘愿自己冒风险, 大方地向我开了一个价.
3 (idm 习语) a sporting `chance a reasonable chance of being successful 公平的机会
*give sb a sporting chance 给某人一个公平的机会
* We've still got a sporting chance of winning. 我们获胜的可能性还是有的.

adj
[only before noun]
relating to sports
　The college offers a wide range of sporting activities.
　one of the major sporting events of the year
　a great sporting achievement
　Britain's sporting heroes
sporting goodsAmE
　a sporting goods store
BrE someone who is sporting behaves in a fair and generous way during a game or competition and does not try to win in an unfair way
≠ unsporting
　It was very sporting of them to wait until the rest of our team had arrived.
sporting chance (of doing sth)
a fairly good chance of succeeding or winning
　I think we've got a sporting chance of winning.
>sportinglyadvBrE
　They sportingly agreed to postpone the race until our boat was repaired.