| 单词 | has-been |
| 释义 | ˈhas-been noun [countable] informal FAILsomeone who was important or popular but who has now been forgotten 被遗忘的名人，风光不再的人Examples from the Corpushas-been• Employment training in Britain is a scandal and is often run by Government-appointed has-beens from industry accountable to no-one.• To say they are has-beens is cruel, but their recent Grand Slam record speaks for itself.• Triumph Tigers should belong to boys like Nails, rough and lawless, not hopeless has-beens like himself.• A peerless champion of his own era, he had been reduced to an ineffectual has-been by the modern gunslingers.• The country is crying out for leadership and all Mr Smith has to offer is a talking-shop for academics and political has-beens.• The arrogance of some of the has-beens in the Athletico squad is pathetic.ˈhas-been nounChineseSyllable someone was but who who or important popular Corpus |
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