- 1落選者；陪跑的人
An also-ran is someone who took part but did not win — in a race, an election, a contest. It is a little cool and : it suggests they were never really in the fight, not merely that they came second. It comes from horse racing. Results used to list the horses that did not pay out under the heading “Also Ran”: they also ran, but they did not finish in a paying place. Newspapers and everyday talk now use it for and jobs too. Informal, a bit . As a noun it is written with a .
also-ran 指參加過比賽、選舉或競賽，卻沒有贏的人。這個字帶點冷淡、輕視的語氣，暗示對方根本沒真正在爭，而不只是得了第二名。它原本來自賽馬，早年成績表會把沒拿到獎金名次的馬列在底下。現在報紙和日常說話也拿來講政治與工作上的落敗者。
From the word’s history
From horse-race betting, where non-paying finishers were listed under the heading 'Also Ran'.
出自賽馬：沒拿到名次的馬，列在「Also Ran」標題下。
組成From the old racing-result heading “Also Ran” — the horses that ran but did not win a paying place.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
also-rannoun
- 1
A person or animal who competed in a race, or other competition, but did not win.
- 2
A loser; a person or thing soon to be forgotten.
- It also turned Palmer from an also-ran into a challenger.
- I have 37 actors and actresses I would supply for television and radio work and then I have maybe 150 to 200 also-rans who get extra work and television commercials.
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