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underdog

英 ['ʌndədɒg] 美 ['ʌndɚdɔɡ]

解释

n. 比赛中不被看好者；失败者；受压迫者；斗败了的狗

※ 提供单词"underdog"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

underdog (n.): "the beaten dog in a fight," 1887, from under + dog (n.). Compare top dog "dominant person in a situation or hierarchy" (see top (adj.)).
I'm a poor underdog
But tonight I will bark
With the great Overdog
That romps through the dark.

[from "Canis Major," Robert Frost, 1928]

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例句和用法

1. She always identifies with the underdog.: 她总是同情受害者.

2. " But often the underdog gets more sympathy from the bystanders. ": “ 可是,战败者常常得到旁人更大的同情—— ”

3. Most of the crowd were cheering for the underdog to win just this one time.: 人群里的大多数人都在为劣势一方鼓劲，希望他哪怕就赢这一次。

4. The underdog team scored two surprise goals.: 处于劣势的一队出人意料地进两球.

5. She took up the cause of the underdog.: 她为受迫的人的事业奋斗.