| 词汇 | loser |
| 释义 | loser Theme: FAILURE n. an inept person; an undesirable or annoying person; a social failure.Dave is a real loser.Only losers wear clothes like that.Those guys are all losers. They'll never amount to anything. loser noun 1 a socially inept person; a person with consistently bad luck; anyone deemed unacceptable or an outcast US, 1955. 2 a convicted felon US, 1912. 3 a hospital patient who dies US, 1970 first loserOne who achieves second place in a competition, i.e., who loses to the first-place contestant. Likely derived from the phrase "Second place is the first loser," which was popularized by (and often credited to) race car driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (1951–2001). You go out into that ring and you give it absolutely everything you've got! You haven't come all this way to simply be crowned the first loser! Second place is the first loser.sports adage Coming in second place means you have still ultimately failed to win in the end. Popularized by (and often credited to) race car driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (1951–2001). You go out into that ring and you give it absolutely everything you've got! After all, second place is the first loser! a sore loserSomeone who complains, becomes upset, or otherwise reacts very negatively when they fail or lose at something competitive. Don't be such a sore loser, Jim. I know you pride yourself on your racquetball skills, but I beat you fair and square. finders keepers(, losers weepers)A children's rhyme meaning that if someone finds something, they are entitled to keep it (even if it belongs to someone else). Jake yelled "finders keepers" as he dashed toward the house with the sparkling ring he had discovered. A: "Hey, that's my favorite toy!" B: "But I found it out on the playground. Finders keepers, losers weepers!" be on a loserTo part of a failing effort. I really think she's on a loser with this project—there's no way it'll get funded. two-time losera confirmed loser. Poor Richard is a two-time loser. Martin is a two-time loser, or at least he looks like one. finders, keepersA phrase meaning that whoever finds something is entitled to keep it. For example, Someone left a dollar bill in this rented car-finders, keepers. This expression alludes to an ancient Roman law to that effect and has been stated in numerous different ways over the centuries. The modern version, often stated as Finders keepers, losers weepers, dates from the mid-1800s and is no longer a legal precept. losersee under finders, keepers. be on (or on to) a loserbe involved in a course of action that is bound to fail.loser(ˈluzɚ) n. an inept person; an undesirable or annoying person; a social failure. Those guys are all losers. They’ll never amount to anything. two-time loser n. a confirmed loser. Martin is a two-time loser, or at least he looks like one. finders, keepersThose who obtain something simply by discovering it are entitled to keep it. There are several versions of this expression, all of them referring to the law that a person who finds something, even if it is someone else’s property, may keep it for himself or herself. The earliest references are in writings of the Roman playwright Plautus and date from approximately 200 b.c. Two millennia later, D. M. Moir (Mansie Wauch, 1824) referred to “the auld Scotch proverb of ‘he that finds, keeps, and he that loses seeks.’” Charles Reade also called it a proverb: “Losers seekers, finders keepers” (It Is Never Too Late to Mend, 1856). The modern schoolyard version is “Finders keepers, losers weepers.” Legal implications aside, the poetic rhythm of this expression no doubt helps account for its long life. |
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