| 单词 | also-ran |
| 释义 | ˈalso-ran noun [countable] FAILsomeone who fails to win a competition, election etc 〔比赛、选举等的〕失败者，落选者 Ten months ago he was just an also-ran for the Democratic nomination. 十个月前他只是个竞选民主党候选人提名的落败者。Examples from the Corpusalso-ran• Both projects, and more besides, aim to make Microsoft an also-ran in tomorrow's markets.• Skilful individuals such as Gazza are very much also-rans, though they do have their uses.• The McLaren-Honda partnership, which had dominated F1 racing since 1988, was relegated to the role of also-rans.• He warrants only passing references, as if he were some also-ran in the race toward musical greatness.• It would have taken a match of some note to have lifted this last weekend of the Championship out of the also-ran trough.• We know only the pain of the also-ran, for ever in the shadow of the siren.• Buchanan, who did best among the three also-rans, got only 14 percent.• On the other hand, several of Sridevi's films were also-rans.ˈalso-ran nounChineseSyllable to Corpus competition, someone etc fails who win election a |
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