underdog
英 ['ʌndədɒg]
美 ['ʌndɚdɔɡ]
- n. 比賽中不被看好者；失敗者；受壓迫者；鬥敗了的狗
英文詞源
- 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]
雙語例句
- 1. She always identifies with the underdog.
- 她總是同情受害者.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. " But often the underdog gets more sympathy from the bystanders. "
- “ 可是,戰敗者常常得到旁人更大的同情—— ”
來自漢英文學 - 圍城
- 3. Most of the crowd were cheering for the underdog to win just this one time.
- 人群裏的大多數人都在為劣勢一方鼓勁，希望他哪怕就贏這一次。
來自辭典例句
- 4. The underdog team scored two surprise goals.
- 處於劣勢的一隊出人意料地進兩球.
來自辭典例句
- 5. She took up the cause of the underdog.
- 她為受迫的人的事業奮鬥.
來自辭典例句