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A shoo-in is a person or a team that everyone expects to win easily — an election, a race, a prize. It is informal. “She’s a shoo-in for class president” means almost nobody thinks she can lose.
A shoo-inshoo-in is a person or a team that everyone expects to win easily指大家都預期會輕鬆獲勝的人或隊伍 — an election, a race, a prize——選舉、比賽、獎項都可以。 It is informal.這是口語用法。 "She's a shoo-in for class president"「She's a shoo-in for class president」 means almost nobody thinks she can lose.意思是幾乎沒有人覺得她會輸。
The word comes from a dark old horse-racing trick: other riders would shoo their horses, holding them back, so a chosen horse could win a race that was already fixed. That is why it is shoo, as in “shoo the cat away”, not shoe.
The word comes from a dark old horse-racing trick這個字來自賽馬界一個老舊又見不得光的手法 : other riders would shoo their horses, holding them back：其他騎師會shoo趕自己的馬，把牠們壓住 so a chosen horse could win a race that was already fixed好讓內定好的那匹馬能贏一場早就喬好的比賽。 That is why it is shoo這就是為什麼是shoo這個字, as in "shoo the cat away"就像「shoo the cat away把貓趕走」那個shoo, not shoe.不是shoe鞋子。
Today nobody is thinking of cheating; it just means a very easy, almost certain winner. You would not write it in a very formal report, but news and everyday talk use it all the time.
Today nobody is thinking of cheating現在講這個字，沒有人是在想作弊的事； it just means a very easy, almost certain winner它就只是指一個非常輕鬆、幾乎篤定會贏的人。 You would not write it in a very formal report你不會把它寫進很正式的報告裡， but news and everyday talk use it all the time但新聞和日常對話裡很常用。
組成From the verb shoo (to drive something away; in old racing talk, to hold a horse back). In a fixed race, other horses were shooed so one rider could win.
同家族的字
- shoothe same verb: to wave something away, or in old racing talk to hold a horse back
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
shoo-innoun
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hobbieshorse-racinghorseracingThe winner of a fixed race, a fixed race.
- Little Pete was a member of the delegation that were in on the "shoo" in the third race. He had several commissioners placing his coin on Model. If the race was to have been a "shoo-in" for Model, there must have been one or two owners that were not in on the deal.
- Most of the "regulars" are deeply suspicious of all steeplechase races of late years, and, whenever the favorite falls at one of the obstacles and a long priced leaper wins the race, they loudly call the race a "shoo-in" (a fixed affair, that is, in which the steeplechase racers have arranged to drop to the rear of the "meant" jumper and "shoo" him to the wire, they previously, of course, having got their money down on the horse thus generously treated).
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A candidate or contestant generally agreed upon as the presumptive winner; a favorite, somebody who is well-liked or widely agreed upon.
- She's very popular and good with numbers, so I expect she'll be a shoo-in for treasurer.
- Participation in primaries was often more important than in the general election because the Democratic Party nominee was a shoo-in for success in the general election.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。