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单词 also-ran
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Word forms: plural also-rans
countable noun
If you describe someone as an also-ran, you mean that they have been or are likely to be unsuccessful in a contest.

also-ran in British English

noun
1. 
a contestant, horse, etc, failing to finish among the first three in a race
2. 
an unsuccessful person; loser or nonentity

also-ran in American English

(ˈɔlsoʊˌræn)
US
noun
1. 
a horse that fails to finish first, second, or third in a race
2.  Informal
any loser in any competition

Examples of 'also-ran' in a sentence
also-ran

If we go on like this we will finish as also-rans.
The Sun (2009)
All the cash in the bank is little compensation for another season playing also-ran.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It condemns teams to being also-rans.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He will have to control his emotions if results do not come quickly and the sponsors refuse to back a serial winner turned also-ran.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Where once great things were expected, now she is more also-ran than star turn.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
His career has coincided almost exactly with the rise of India from economic also-rans to superpower status.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I can turn an also-ran into a contender, just by song selection and changing a few things.
The Sun (2014)
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