| 单词 | also-ran |
| 释义 | also-ran (once / 44434 pages) n WORD FAMILY also-ran USAGE EXAMPLESTo “When You Wish Upon a Star”: Hillary’s an also-ran, Poleaxed by that awful man. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) A more successful Civil War also-ran was Winfield Scott, who lost the election of 1852 and later proposed the Anaconda Plan to win the South. Time(Nov 09, 2016) It ignores, too, the reckoning that is due in the party that nominated him, with Ted Cruz as the more primly demagogic also-ran. The New Yorker(Oct 23, 2016) n a contestant who loses the contest Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper loser victor, winner the contestant who wins the contest old maid the loser in a game of old maid contestant a person who participates in competitions |
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