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runner-up noun
⇨ loser 1loser1 noun They were 16-3 losers to New Zealand. 他们以3:16输给了新西兰。a bunch of losers 一群失败者loser ♦︎ runner-up ♦︎ also-ranThese are all words for sb who does not win or is not successful in a competition, race, game or election. 这些词均表示比赛或选举中落败的人、输者。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a loser / runner-up / also-ran in sth◆a loser / runner-up to sb◆winners and losers / runners-up■ loser [countable] a person or team that is defeated in a competition （比赛的）输者，败者◆Sweden will now play the losers of the other semi-final for the bronze medal.现在，瑞典队要与另一场半决赛的败者争夺铜牌。◆He's extremely competitive and a bad loser (= does not react well to losing).他太好胜，而且输不起。OPP winner ⇨ winner ■ ˌrunner-ˈup (plural runners-up) [countable] a person or team that finishes second in a race or competition; sb who has not finished first but who wins a prize 第二名；亚军；非冠军的获奖者◆She was last year's runner-up to Sarah Jones.她是去年的亚军，输给了萨拉•琼斯。◆They finished runners-up behind Italy.他们负于意大利，获得了第二名。◆Twenty runners-up will receive a $50 book voucher.没有拿到冠军的二十位获奖者都将得到50元的购书券。◆There are three runners-up prizes of club shirts.二等奖的奖品有三份，为俱乐部球衣。■ ˈalso-ran [countable] (often disapproving) a person who is not successful, especially in a competition or election or when compared with other people 失败者；（尤指比赛、竞选或对比之下的）逊色的一方◆The campaign transformed him from an also-ran in the polls to front-runner.这场运动使他从民意调查中的失利者变为领先者。 |