also-rans

英

美 [ˈɔːlsoʊ rænz]

n.  失败者; (尤指竞赛或竞选的)失利者
also-ran的复数

柯林斯词典

• （比赛等的）失败者;（竞选的）落选者;很难获胜的竞争者
  If you describe someone as analso-ran, you mean that they have been or are likely to be unsuccessful in a contest.

双语例句

• SAIC is seen by some as unenthusiastic about acquiring or merging with Nanjing Auto, which is financially weaker and whose joint venture with Fiat of Italy is seen as one of the domestic industry's also-rans.
  一些人认为，上海汽车集团对于收购或与南京汽车合并并不热心。南京汽车的财务实力较弱，其与意大利菲亚特（Fiat）的合资企业被视为中国国内汽车业的表现平平者之一。
• Gates built or bought all manner of things to conquer the Net, but few managed to be anything more than also-rans in the innovation game.
  盖茨创造并买来了各式各样的“武器”来征服网络，但几乎全部在创新游戏中落败。
• This is why many observers write off other companies as also-rans.
  这也是为什么许多观察人士将其他手机公司一概归入失败者的行列。
• Whereas the financial systems behind automated teller machines ( ATMs) used to be considered fast, they're now also-rans.
  自动柜员机（ATM）使用的财务系统虽然称得上快，但是现在也落伍了。
• The single most significant difference between revolutionaries and also-rans, victors and vanquished today? A lack of understand of ( and turning a blind eye to) ethical capital.
  今天区分胜负高下的唯一关键是什麽？就看你是否理解「道德资产」，是否把它看在眼里、当一回事。
• Increasingly, a gulf is emerging between the top business schools and the also-rans; between schools in different regions of the world and between different types of programmes.
  在顶尖商学院和落选学校之间，在全球不同地区的商学院之间，以及在不同类型的MBA项目之间，都越来越能清晰地看到一条鸿沟。
• That leaves a merger with one or more companies that, like Yahoo, are also-rans on the web.
  说完前两种选择，再谈谈雅虎与其他一家或者多家公司合并的可能性；这些公司和雅虎一样，大浪淘沙之后，已经沦为互联网产业的配角。
• Some Western consumer-goods firms that are also-rans at home do surprisingly well in China.
  一些西方消费品厂家在国内平凡无奇，在中国却混得风生水起。
• What yesterday's game demonstrated was that Arsenal have a better chance of a result against the top sides than they do against the also-rans.
  昨天的比赛证明了阿森纳面对顶级球队时，拿分的机会要比对中游球队好。