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单词 also-ran
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also-ran

[ awl-soh-ran ]
/ ˈɔl soʊˌræn /
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noun

Sports.
  1. (in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
  2. an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
Informal. a person who loses a contest, election, or other competition.
Informal. a person who attains little or no success: For every great artist there are a thousand also-rans.

Origin of also-ran

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby also-ran

alsike clover, Alsip, Al Sirat, also, Alsop, also-ran, Alston, alstroemeria, Alström's syndrome, alt, Alta.
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British Dictionary definitions for also-ran

also-ran

noun

a contestant, horse, etc, failing to finish among the first three in a race
an unsuccessful person; loser or nonentity
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with also-ran

also-ran

Loser, failure, unsuccessful individual, as in Jane feared that her candidate, a terrible speaker, would end up as an also-ran, or As for getting promotions, Mark counted himself among the also-rans. This term comes from racing, where it describes a horse that finishes in fourth place or lower or does not finish a race at all. It first appeared in the 1890s in published racing results, and has since been transferred to losers in any kind of competition, and also more broadly to persons who simply don't do well.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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