英超賽場近日上演曼徹斯特德比大戰(zhàn)，結(jié)果曼城主場1比0戰(zhàn)勝曼聯(lián)，取得德比四連勝。體育比賽的報(bào)道中，我們經(jīng)常會(huì)看到“德比”這個(gè)詞，它到底什么來歷，又是指什么呢？

In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby means a sporting fixture between two teams from the same town, city or region, particularly in association football.

在很多國家，本地德比（local derby）或者德比（derby）都指來自同一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)、城市或地區(qū)的兩支隊(duì)伍之間的體育比賽，尤多見于足球聯(lián)賽。

A soccer game between two rival teams is also sometimes referred to as a "derby." A derby is the soccer equivalent of the sort of game that is called a "crosstown rivalry" in North American sports.

兩支相互競爭的球隊(duì)之間的足球比賽有時(shí)也叫做德比。足球比賽中的德比相當(dāng)于北美體育比賽中的“同城競技”。

The phrase most likely originated from The Derby, a horse race in England, founded by the 12th Earl of Derby in 1780, since at least as early as 1840 'derby' has been used as a noun in English to denote any kind of sporting contest.

德比這個(gè)說法很有可能來源于1780年第12世德比伯爵在英格蘭開創(chuàng)的賽馬活動(dòng)The Derby。早在1840年時(shí)，德比一詞就在英語里用作名詞來指代任何一種體育比賽。

（中國日報(bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 Helen）