underdog 輸家
【講解】
該詞原意為“在斗爭(zhēng)處于劣勢(shì)的人或動(dòng)物,犧牲者,受迫害者,倒霉的人”等,現(xiàn)喻指“弱者”或“在競(jìng)選、比賽中的輸家”。
【對(duì)話】
A:The speech contest was over. To our surprise, Tom was the winner.
A:演講比賽結(jié)束了,使我們吃驚的是湯姆獲得了第一。
B:There was another surprise, that is, Peter was the underdog.
B:還有讓人吃驚的呢,就是彼得在比賽中輸了。
A:What? It's so unbelievable.
A:什么?真是難以置信。
B:But it's true.
B:但卻是真的。