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有3000个男孩子参加了选拔赛。 3000 boys turned up for the selective trials.
预赛,选拔赛确定比赛资格的预备竞赛或测试,如在体育运动中 A preliminary competition or test to determine qualifications, as in a sport.
能被选拔出来代表国家参赛, 是多数运动员的最高荣誉. To be chosen to represent their country is the highest accolade for most athletes.
选拔委员会选中那位稳健、有保守倾向的候选人。 The selection committee plumped for the safe, conservatively inclined candidate.
的确,新闻媒介及公众对法国橄榄球队选拔员的尊重,几乎同法国政治家受到的尊重不相上下,当然,那也并非多大的荣耀。 Indeed French rugby selectors receive just about the same respect from their Press and public as do French politicians, which, of course, isn't saying much.