'Real fear Littler could walk away' - darts would be loser in booing row
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Why does Luke Littler keep getting booed?
为什么卢克·利特勒总是遭到嘘声？
At just 19, Luke Littler has won almost every major trophy in darts.
年仅 19 岁的卢克·利特勒 (Luke Littler) 几乎赢得了所有飞镖比赛的主要奖杯。
He is a multi-millionaire with lucrative sponsorship deals and his own TV show.
他是一位百万富翁，拥有利润丰厚的赞助协议和自己的电视节目。
But has his rapid rise turned some against him?
但他的迅速崛起是否引起了一些人的反对？
This past weekend the teenager was once again subjected to boos and whistles from sections of the crowd as he took to the stage at the World Series of Darts in Amsterdam.
上周末，当这位少年登上阿姆斯特丹世界飞镖系列赛的舞台时，再次遭到部分人群的嘘声和口哨声。
What is surprising though is that it came as 'The Nuke' was on a quest to complete a darts clean sweep by becoming the first player to win all 10 major televised tournaments in a calendar year.
但令人惊讶的是，“The Nuke”正在寻求完成飞镖横扫，成为第一位在一年内赢得全部 10 场主要电视转播锦标赛的选手。
Littler suggested afterwards that, if the booing continues, he will not attend events held in the Netherlands.
利特尔事后表示，如果嘘声继续下去，他将不会参加在荷兰举行的活动。
But Samuel Gill, editor of Dartnews.com, suggests Littler's future in the sport could be at stake.
但 Dartnews.com 的编辑塞缪尔·吉尔表示，利特勒在这项运动中的未来可能会受到威胁。
"There's a real fear that within a few years he'll just turn around and walk away from the sport," Gill told BBC Sport.
吉尔告诉英国广播公司体育频道：“人们真的担心几年之内他就会转身离开这项运动。”
"So, I think for fans, 'Don't bite the hand that feeds you'. If people keep taunting him and don't want him to win, he might end up just walking away and not bothering anymore."
“所以，我认为对于球迷来说，‘不要咬住喂你的手’。 如果人们继续嘲笑他并且不希望他获胜，他最终可能会走开，不再打扰。”
Amsterdam was the latest tournament where Littler has faced what some might describe as an overly hostile reaction from fans.
阿姆斯特丹是最近举行的一场赛事，利特勒面临着球迷的过度敌意反应。
A vibrant pantomime-style atmosphere is part and parcel of the darts experience and Dutch and German crowds are amongs the most raucous - but it is clear Littler believes he has been unfairly targeted.
充满活力的哑剧式氛围是飞镖体验的重要组成部分，荷兰和德国的观众是最喧闹的——但很明显，利特勒认为自己受到了不公平的攻击。
The referee stopped the match during his narrow win against Nathan Aspinall in the last-16 on Saturday to warn the hostile crowd about its behaviour, before play resumed.
周六，在十六强赛中，他险胜内森·阿斯皮诺尔，裁判在比赛恢复之前终止了比赛，警告敌对的观众注意其行为。
It followed Littler also being booed during his win against home favourite Danny Noppert on Friday.
此前，利特勒在周五对阵主场热门丹尼·诺珀特的比赛中也遭到了嘘声。
The teenager's quarter-final defeat to Jonny Clayton ended Littler's quest for the clean sweep, but the Warrington native clearly felt fans had been unduly harsh towards him.
这位少年在四分之一决赛中输给乔尼·克莱顿(Jonny Clayton)结束了利特勒对横扫一切的追求，但这位沃灵顿人显然感到球迷对他过于严厉。
Littler has now withdrawn from a series of upcoming events.
利特勒现已退出一系列即将举行的活动。
"Just no point in me travelling, wasting my time while I'm getting booed," said Littler.
“我去旅行是没有意义的，浪费时间，却遭到嘘声，”利特勒说。
Littler has also been jeered at numerous events in the UK.
利特勒也在英国的许多活动中受到嘲笑。
His phenomenal rise saw him reach the PDC World Darts Championship aged just 16 in his debut year as a professional.
他的惊人崛起让他在年仅 16 岁时就获得了 PDC 世界飞镖锦标赛冠军，这是他作为职业选手的首个年头。
He captured the title the following year and the trophies, sponsorship deals and six-figure winners' cheques have continued to flow.
第二年，他获得了冠军，奖杯、赞助协议和六位数的获奖者支票继续源源不断地流入。
But increasingly so have whistles and boos during his performances.
但在他的表演中，口哨声和嘘声越来越多。
"I don't think people expected him to reach the heights that he has so quickly," Gill said.
“我认为人们没想到他会这么快达到这样的高度，”吉尔说。
The darts journalist - who became aware of Littler when the sport star was 14 - says this level of attention is not just unique to the British player.
这位飞镖记者在利特勒 14 岁时就认识了这位体育明星，他表示这种程度的关注不仅仅是这位英国选手所独有的。
"Michael van Gerwen was the same for a long time when he dominated the sport. He barely lost a game in about five years, and he was hoovering up titles for fun and it was similar," said Gill.
“迈克尔·范格文在统治这项运动的很长一段时间里都是一样的。 他在大约五年的时间里几乎没有输过一场比赛，而且他为了乐趣而获得冠军，这很相似，”吉尔说。
"Everyone wanted to boo him and even me as a viewer before I got into this role, growing up watching Van Gerwen, I wanted him to lose because it's something different for the sport every single week."
“在我担任这个角色之前，每个人都想嘘他，甚至作为一名观众，我是看着范格文长大的，我希望他输掉比赛，因为这项运动每周都有不同的事情。”
Currently ranked number one in the world, Littler is so far ahead of his closest rivals that he already has the advantage of only having to play in selective tournaments.
目前世界排名第一的利特勒远远领先于最接近的对手，因此他已经拥有只需要参加选择性比赛的优势。
His boycott threat could end up being a blow to tournament organisers.
他的抵制威胁最终可能会对赛事组织者造成打击。
"They don't like him because he's that good. And he's got a bit of swagger to him," said Karl Holden secretary of St Helen's Darts Academy - where Littler honed his skills from the age of nine.
“他们不喜欢他，因为他太好了。 而且他有点招摇，”圣海伦飞镖学院秘书卡尔·霍尔登说，利特勒从九岁起就在那里磨练自己的飞镖技术。
"Luke's got a bit of a character to him. For me, he's the ultimate professional. He might give a little bit of the large sometimes, but you need that, otherwise darts would be totally boring."
“卢克有一点个性。 对我来说，他是终极专业人士。 有时他可能会给出一点大的，但你需要这个，否则飞镖会完全无聊。”
How the teenager became a dart sensation It seems remarkable that the future of Littler's career in the sport is even being debated.
这位少年如何成为飞镖界的红人 值得注意的是，利特勒在这项运动中的职业生涯甚至引发了争论。
More so when you consider his age and the fact he only turned professional two years ago.
考虑到他的年龄以及他两年前才转为职业球员这一事实，情况更是如此。
However, Gill believes that Littler's rapid haul of trophies, coupled with the huge amounts of money now in the sport, could result in the teenager leaving in the next "four to five years" should the boos and whistles continue.
然而，吉尔认为，如果嘘声和口哨声继续下去，利特勒迅速获得的奖杯，再加上这项运动现在的巨额资金，可能会导致这位少年在未来“四到五年”内离开。
Gill believes Littler's impact on the darting world is immeasurable.
吉尔相信利特勒对飞镖界的影响是不可估量的。
Tickets to events featuring him are often sold out, applications to darting academies are reported to be at an all-time high and the Briton has transcended the sport.
以他为主角的活动门票经常被抢购一空，据报道，飞镖学院的申请量创历史新高，英国人已经超越了这项运动。
Gill therefore feels that, if Littler was to walk away, the sport would be the real loser.
因此，吉尔认为，如果利特勒离开，这项运动将是真正的失败者。
"He's the one who is bringing this sport to a completely different level.
“他是将这项运动提升到一个完全不同的水平的人。
Nowadays, he is back-page news wherever you go," Gill said. "He might just decide 'I just want a quiet life now and just live off his money'."
如今，无论你走到哪里，他都是头版新闻，”吉尔说。 “他可能会决定‘我现在只想过平静的生活，靠他的钱过日子’。”
Littler has barely known anything other than winning.
除了获胜之外，利特勒几乎不知道任何事情。
His challenged now is maintaining that victorious streak while keeping fans - whose interest helps fund his prize money - happy. Tricky when some are paying with the hope of seeing him lose.
他现在面临的挑战是保持连胜势头，同时让球迷高兴——他们的兴趣为他的奖金提供了资金。 当有些人付钱希望看到他输时，这很棘手。
"If he was on that stage, everybody liked him and he just threw darts, I think I'd get bored of watching him," Holden said.
“如果他在那个舞台上，每个人都喜欢他，而他只是扔飞镖，我想我会厌倦看他，”霍尔顿说。
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