英:[ˈʌndədɒɡ]
美:[ˈʌndərdɔːɡ]
英:[ˈʌndədɒɡ]
美:[ˈʌndərdɔːɡ]
n.
失败者
退居下风的人
受压迫者
打败了的选手
un·der·dog
uhn dr dawg
noun
a contestant who is expected to lose, as in sports or politics.
one who is disadvantaged or oppressed.
"被打败的狗",来自1887年,由 under 和 dog(名词)组成。比较 top dog “处于情况或等级制度中的支配者”(参见 top(形容词))。它的相反词 overdog 于1908年被证实。
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]
我是一个可怜的弱者
但今晚我会吠叫
与伟大的强者
在黑暗中嬉戏。
[出自罗伯特·弗罗斯特(Robert Frost)1928年的《大犬座》]
被认为会失败的运动员
The first known use of underdog was in 1859
underdognoun
the loser or predicted loser in a struggle
1 But it appeared on Apple TV+, which not enough people know how to watch, so it now has the luxury of being a plucky underdog.
2 It still thinks like an underdog. Even if it isnt 'anymore.
它依然像不起眼的小公司一样思考,即便它早就不再是家小公司。
3 This may be a textbook case of an inspirational teacher/underdog sports drama, but it surehandedly delivers the feels.
4 At the same time, the conception of Poe the writer seems to tap into a cultural affection for outsiders, nonconformists and underdogs who ultimately prove their worth.
5 “They’re very personal. He’ll let you in. He’s a regular dude that sings and writes wonderful songs, but he feels like this unbeatable underdog.”
6 On some level, Ambudkar is right; the film is an underdog story about overcoming obstacles that no one could have predicted, not even Brittany.
7 That “nearly” is the movie’s hitch — after following all of the story beats of underdog victory, you feel the filmmakers straining to give the movie the happy ending it so desperately needs.
8 The story of the underdog immigrant is inherently sympathetic, so that’s the story we tell.
9 But when people talk about “inspirational” films – underdogs achieving spectacular sporting success, charismatic teachers winning over pupils, people overcoming disabilities – I am sometimes a bit agnostic.
10 What others will make of your choice: You are passionate about the underdog but not always to be trusted.
11 I'm more concerned about what's to become of the ostracised bestial boy: he's the real underdog here, in every sense.
12 You know the setup: one boy, the underdog, is forced to face off with a boy with more social clout — and, likely, more muscles.
13 In politics, he was a champion of the underdog (= always fought for the rights of weaker people) .
在政治上,他总是为弱势群体奋斗。
14 “My mom gave me an appreciation for the underdog, ” he said.
“我的妈妈给了一颗让我欣赏失败者的心,”他说。
15 The film’s deep-pocketed backer, Apple TV+, has spent big to push a feel-good underdog indie to the front of the pack.
16 Wale is a bit of an underdog in hip-hop, bouncing between the underground and the mainstream and trying on different personas.
17 But South Korea's status as an underdog is wearing thin.
但韩国正逐渐告别弱者地位.
18 You can decide the motives at play, but wherever you land, James tells a captivating underdog story, and finds charismatic characters in the banker Thomas Sung and his hard-working family.
19 There is a long-running misconception that members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences love only underdog biopics, literary adaptations and anything in which Meryl Streep speaks with an accent.
20 Explosions in the Sky seems especially well poised to work with filmmakers interested in profound stories about triumphant underdogs.