blood sportとは

意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

blood sport (複数形 blood sports)

1. (literally) A sport involving the killing or the shedding of blood of animals.

   Hyponyms: baiting, hunting, coursing

2. (figuratively) Any activity that revels in the misfortune of others, or taking advantage of others.
   • 2003, J. D. Brown, Josh Chin, Michelle Sans, Sharon Owyang, Beth Reiber, Graeme Smith, Peter Neville-Hadley, editor, Frommer's China, page 248:

     Shopping here is bloodsport, and you are the game, but the vendors are friendly.

   • 2020 June 5, Alyson Krueger, “The Agonizing Question: Is New York City Worth It Anymore?”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Debating the topic, of course, is practically a blood sport. There is an essay genre devoted to “Leaving New York.”

Further reading

• blood sport on Wikipedia.

語源

From blood +‎ sport.

名詞

bloodsport ‎(複数形 bloodsports)

1. (literally) Any game that involves the shedding of blood or death, such as hunting, boxing, fishing.
2. (figuratively) Any activity that revels in the misfortune of others, or taking advantage of others.

   2003, by Peter (EDT) Neville-Hadley, J. D. Brown, Josh Chin, Michelle Sans, Sharon Owyang, Beth Reiber, Graeme Smith, Frommer's China - Page 248 - "Shopping here is bloodsport, and you are the game, but the vendors are friendly."