| 词汇 | gamesmanship |
| 词源 | gamesmanship. British author Stephen Potter coined this word in his 1947 book The Theory and Practice of Gamesman- ship, or The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating. Gamesmanship means “the use of dubious or seemingly im- proper methods that are not strictly illegal” and is almost an antonym of sportsmanship, upon which Potter probably based it. |
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