Badminton can be played by two or four people.是什么意思？

Badminton can be played by two or four people.

羽毛球可由两人或四人来打。

badminton

n. 羽毛球，羽毛球运动；

例句
The Badminton Club holds coaching sessions for beginners and intermediate players on Friday evenings.
羽毛球俱乐部每周五晚上为初学者与中等水平练习者开设训练课程。

can

aux. 能够，可以，有机会；n. 金属罐，一听，金属容器；vt. 将…装罐保存，炒…鱿

例句
When I listen to her play I can hear a new Nigel Kennedy.
从她的演奏中我听出了新一代的奈杰尔·肯尼迪。

be

v. 是，有，存在，做，成为，发生；aux. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质；

例句
The older child should be able to prepare a simple meal...
那个年纪稍大的孩子应当会做一顿简单的饭菜。

played

v. 演奏( play的过去式和过去分词 )，演出，参加比赛，捉弄；

例句
The band played the Czech anthem.
乐队演奏了捷克国歌。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

two

n. 两个，两个东西，两点钟，一对；adj. 两个的，我

例句
He has been absent from his desk for two weeks...
他已经有两个星期没有坐在办公桌前了。

or

conj. 或，或者，还是，不然，否则，左右；prep. <古、诗>在…之前，比…更早；n. [纹章]黑金色、黑色；

例句
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
我们不敢放纵自己的情感，以免显得太过软弱或缺乏自制。

four

num. 四，四个，第四；n. 四个人（或事物）的一组，得四分的一击，四人赛艇；

例句
His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen...
他的车遭遇拦劫，随后他被4名持枪歹徒劫持。

people

n. 人，人类，居民，人民，种族；vt. 居住于，布满，使住满人，在…殖民，把动物放养在；

例句
Most people have very little difficulty in seeing why a Van Gogh is a work of genius.
多数人不难理解为什么凡·高的作品是天才之作。