underdog
英 ['ʌndədɒg]
美 ['ʌndɚdɔɡ]
- n. 比赛中不被看好者；失败者；受压迫者；斗败了的狗
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]
双语例句
- 1. She always identifies with the underdog.
- 她总是同情受害者.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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—— ”
来自汉英文学 - 围城
- 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。
来自辞典例句
- 4. The underdog team scored two surprise goals.
- 处于劣势的一队出人意料地进两球.
来自辞典例句
- 5. She took up the cause of the underdog.
- 她为受迫的人的事业奋斗.
来自辞典例句