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al·so-ran 英ˈɔːlsəʊˌræn美ˈɔlsoˌrænAHDôlʹsō-răn' ☆☆☆☆☆高GCOCA⁴⁷¹¹¹BNC⁶¹⁴⁸¹iWeb³⁷⁵⁰⁹Economist⁵³⁵⁸¹⁺¹ 基本英英词源搭配记法近义反义例句例句 n.失败者⁴³;落选者³³;庸才⁸;落选的马¹⁶复数also-rans Noun: a contestant who loses the contest这是个美国口语用词,源出赛马运动。以前报纸在报道赛马结果时总是先列出夺魁及获二、三名的马匹名字,然后把未获名次的所有参赛的马名字列在“Also Ran”的标题下。显然,它的原义是“也参了赛”,以后变成了复合词,意指“落选的马”,也用以喻指“比赛、竞争等的失败者”或“竞选的落选者”。also-ran 一词出现于19世纪90年代,但用作政治术语则始于1904年。另有一个复合词also-runner是also-ran的变体,是20世纪60年代以后才见诸使用的,意指“失败的参赛者”。also ranalso-ran alsoran-不|无⇒n.失败者⁴³;落选者³³;庸才⁸;落选的马¹⁶近义词 loser失败者failure失败dud无价值的no-hoper无用的人flop啪嗒啪嗒地动…
名词66%,形容词34% I'm afraid John is one of life'salso-rans.很遗憾,约翰是人间的庸才。 What began as a celebration of this continent, then turned into a South American fiesta for two rounds, finishes off with one European country discarding its also-ran label. 南美球队一开始就准备在这个大陆上举行夺冠庆典,但是紧接着欧洲球队通过两轮比赛使其夺冠之梦化为泡影。 blog.sina.com.cn Fabregas is Mancini’s first choice, with the24-year-old star disillusioned with life as an Arsenal also-ran. 法布雷加斯还是曼奇尼的首选,这名24岁的中场球星已经对阿森纳的平庸表现失望了。 yeeyan He himself is a perennial Nobel also-ran. 他自己就长年是诺贝尔和平奖落选者。 yeeyan If there is one person who holds the key to the future of the American Internet also-ran, it may be Mr. Son, the53-year-old billionaire founder of Softbank. 如果有一个人掌握着美国互联网的未来,它可能就是孙正义,53岁的软银创始人。 yeeyan Knowledge spreads more quickly than ever before, and the ability of also-ran regions to catch up to, or even leapfrog, traditional leaders surely has grown. 知识的传播比以往任何时候都更加迅速,落后地区追上甚至跃过传统领先地区的能力无疑在增强。 smartgridtimes There's little doubt that the world's most valuable CEO is Steve Jobs of Apple, who has turned an also-ran PC maker into the second-most-valuable company in the U.S. stock market. 毫无疑问,世界上最具价值的 CEO,是苹果公司的史蒂夫•乔布斯。 他把一家无甚价值的个人电脑生产商改造成了美国股市市值第二高的公司。 yeeyan |