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underdog

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n. 比赛中不被看好者；失败者；受压迫者；斗败了的狗

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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]

实用例句

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.

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