champion

champion

Personne ou équipe qui gagne une compétition, surtout la plus importante dans un sport.

En anglais simple : A person or team that has won a competition, especially the most important one in a sport.

• She is the new champion.
• The world champion won another race.
• Who beat the defending champion in the final?

Comment l'utiliser : champion of something (She became champion of the tournament.)

Synonymes : winner, titleholder

Contraires : loser

Expressions courantes : world champion, national champion, defending champion

défenseur, champion

Personne qui soutient fermement une cause ou les droits d’autrui et agit pour les défendre.

En anglais simple : Someone who strongly supports and works for a cause or another person’s rights.

• She is a champion of free speech.
• The lawyer became a champion for poor families.
• We need more champions of public education.

Comment l'utiliser : champion of something (He was a champion of equal rights.); champion for someone (She became a champion for unpaid carers.)

Synonymes : supporter, advocate, defender

Contraires : opponent

Expressions courantes : champion of freedom, champion of something, champion for someone

champion, représentant

Personne choisie pour participer à une compétition ou combattre au nom d’un groupe.

En anglais simple : A person chosen to compete or fight on behalf of a group.

• Each village chose a champion.
• Our champion will fight on our behalf.
• The king sent his champion to face the challenger.

Comment l'utiliser : champion for someone/something (They chose him as champion for their village.)

Synonymes : representative

Expressions courantes : choose a champion, village champion, champion for someone

champion, vainqueur

Qui a remporté une compétition en battant tous les autres participants.

En anglais simple : Having won a competition by beating all the other competitors.

• She is a champion swimmer.
• The champion team returned home yesterday.
• He trained with a former champion boxer.

Synonymes : winning, title-winning

Expressions courantes : champion boxer, champion team, champion swimmer

excellent, de premier ordre

Meilleur que tous les autres du même genre.

En anglais simple : Better than all others of the same kind.

• That is a champion rose.
• The farmer proudly showed us his champion bull.
• Her champion vegetables attracted crowds at the fair.

Synonymes : outstanding, first-rate, excellent

Contraires : inferior

Expressions courantes : champion rose, champion bull, champion grower

défendre, soutenir

Soutenir fermement une cause, une idée ou une personne et agir pour sa réussite.

En anglais simple : To strongly support a cause, idea, or person and work to help them succeed.

• She champions workers' rights.
• He championed the plan despite strong opposition.
• Who will champion this cause in parliament?

Synonymes : support, promote, advocate, defend

Contraires : oppose

Expressions courantes : champion a cause, champion equal rights, champion someone's ideas