汉语中说“冠军”有两层意思：一是指表示优胜者意义的“冠军”，即指参加比赛获得军词的人或队；二是表示“冠军称号”或“冠军地位”。这两个意思用英语来表达是有区别的。
1. 若表示参加比赛获得冠军的人或队，英语用champion。 如：
The world champion is in lane four. 那个世界冠军在第4跑道。
This last game will decide who is to be champion. 最后一局将决定谁是冠军。
2. 若指冠军地位或冠军称号，则用championship。如：
The team is going all out to win the championship. 这个队为了争取冠军而全力以赴。
The two teams contending for the championship are very evenly matched. 争夺冠军的这两支球队势均力敌。
单词：champion的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
challenge/challenging/champion/championship/change
记忆：
1. challenge [ 5tFAlindV ] n. 挑战 Be brave to meet the challenge, or you will be rejected tomorrow. 勇敢面对挑战，否则你明天会被淘汰。
2. challenging [ 5tFAlindViN ] a. 挑战性的 I like to do the challenging work. 我喜欢做有挑战性的工作。
3. champion [ 5tFAmpjEn ] n. 冠军，优胜者 German team won the champion again. 德国队又获得了冠军。
4. championship [ 5tFAmpjEnFip ] n. 锦标赛 Chinese table tennis team did quite well in the championship. 中国网球队在锦标赛中做得很好。
5. change [ tFeindV ] n.& v. 改变 What has changed him that much?什么东西使他变化那么大？
另类阅读：
To win the champion in the World Bicycle Championship is quite challenging. You need some change so as to meet the challenge.
轻松一刻
CEO: "My wife made a millionaire out of me."
Assistant: "What were you before?"
CEO: "a multimillionaire."
与单词：champion 相关的例句或者名人名言
He was crowned champion after his fight in Atlanta.
亚特兰大拳赛后他获授予冠军称号。
How, he wondered, had he become a champion of the horrendous 35th Amendment?
他不明白自己怎么也居然成为了恐怖的第三十五号修正案的辩护士了。
He knocked the champion flat on the canvas.
他把冠军打倒在拳击场的地板上。
I am the champion of the platitude .
我是这种老生常谈的冠军。
If our team defeats yours, we'll be the champions.
如果击败你们队，我们队就是冠军。
※Courage is that virtue which champions the cause of right. 勇敢是支持正义事业的美德.
