今日英语单词: also-ran

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今日英语单词 Word of the Day

also-ran (n )

英文解释
someone in a competition who is unlikely to do well or who has failed; a contestant that does not win;a loser in a race or other contest, especially by a large margin.

中文解释
also-ran 是复合词名词 also (也)+ ran ( 跑过,参赛过或比赛过),字面的意思就是“也参加过(比赛或竞选等)”,其实际含义就是:在竞争中表现不佳或失败的人; 没赢的选手; 在比赛或其他比赛中,尤指以很大优势输掉比赛的人;名落孙山;比赛中没有获得名次的人。

原文举例
So to get the most out of innovations and avoid betting on the also-rans, my inaugural advice to readers was to follow these steps: Buy hardware from Apple. Use online services made by Google. And get digital media from Amazon.
因此,为了最大限度地利用创新,避免押注于市场中的失败者,我给读者的最初建议是遵循以下步骤:从苹果购买硬件;使用谷歌提供的在线服务;从亚马逊获得数字媒体。

Wall Street backs also-rans in US election. Financiers’ donations to US presidential candidates may have gone to the also-rans, reports James Quinn.
华尔街在美国大选中支持失败者。据詹姆斯·奎因报道,金融家们给美国总统候选人的捐款可能都流向了失败者。

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