Pugilism is an old, rather grand word for boxing: the sport of fighting with the fists, usually in a ring, now with gloves. It names the practice, not the person. The person is a pugilist.

Pugilism是pugilism是 an old, rather grand word for boxing一個古老又頗為堂皇的字,指的是boxing拳擊:the sport of fighting with the fists用拳頭打鬥的這項運動, usually in a ring通常在拳擊台上進行, now with gloves現在會戴拳套。It它 names the practice指的是這項運動本身, not the person而不是指人。The person這個人 is a pugilist則叫pugilist。

You meet pugilism in history books, in sports writing that wants to sound nineteenth-century, and in phrases like the golden age of pugilism. Ordinary people today just say boxing.

You你 meet pugilism會在 in history books, in sports writing that wants to sound nineteenth-century歷史書、想營造十九世紀味道的體育寫作裡遇到pugilism, and也會出現在 in phrases like the golden age of pugilism像the golden age of pugilism這樣的說法裡。Ordinary people today現在一般人 just say boxing只會說boxing。

Though actually, writers still reach for it because it sounds weighty; a newspaper may use pugilism when boxing would do.

Though actually不過其實, writers作家們 still reach for it還是會用這個字 because因為它 it sounds weighty聽起來比較有份量; a newspaper一篇報導 may use pugilism when boxing would do可能會在boxing就夠用的時候還是選用pugilism。

It comes from Latin pugil, a fist-fighter, from the word for fist. So it belongs with pugilist and pugilistic, and further back with pugnacious, which also sits on that Latin fist.

It它 comes from Latin pugil來自拉丁文pugil, a fist-fighter意思是拳頭鬥士, from the word for fist源自「拳頭」這個字。So所以 it它 belongs with pugilist and pugilistic跟pugilist、pugilistic是一家人, and而且 further back更往前追溯 with pugnacious還跟pugnacious有關, which而pugnacious也 also sits on that Latin fist同樣建立在那個拉丁字「拳頭」上。

It does not belong with the pug dog. If a line glosses this word as a boxer, that is the mix-up this entry is for: pugilism is the sport.

It它 does not belong with the pug dog跟pug巴哥犬完全沒關係。If如果 a line一行說明 glosses this word as a boxer把這個字解釋成「一個拳擊手(人)」, that這就是 is the mix-up this entry is for這篇條目要澄清的混淆:pugilism is the sport pugilism指的是這項運動。