英语释义

• a contestant who loses the contest

片语

failure失败；故障；失败者；破产

loser(Loser)人名；(德、捷)洛泽；(英)洛瑟；(法)洛塞

英汉例句

• the apple ipod 「section」 of the store dwarfs the section where all the also-ran players are displayed.

  店里苹果ipod柜台在所有其他展示的播放器中是个庞然大物。

• but what today looks like a masterstroke that has catapulted barcap from being an also-ran on wall street into a credible competitor could easily have turned out disastrously.

  但今天看来让巴克莱资本从华尔街平庸者一举成为可信竞争对手的神来之笔，本来也很可能演变为灾难。

• the beneficiary of their woes was the leftish new democratic party (ndp), a perennial also-ran that soared from 36 seats to 102, and now finds itself as the official opposition.

  从他们的痛苦中获得收益的是左翼的新民主党（ndp），这个长年表现一般的政党的议席从36个飙升到102，目前这个政党成了主要的反对派。

• but progress remains a struggle; motorola is still an also-ran in global market share by units and by revenue.

  但总体进展并不顺利；无论是以销量、还是销售额计，摩托罗拉的全球市场份额表现平平。

• yahoo!「s status as the also-ran that seemed poised to inherit the internet, but failed to keep up with the changing technological times, is cemented.

  雅虎公司曾经对整个因特网虎视耽耽，然而在技术的变革中却没能与时俱进，这就注定了他们失败者的角色。

• knowledge spreads more quickly than ever before, and the ability of also-ran regions to catch up to, or even leapfrog, traditional leaders surely has grown.

  知识的传播比以往任何时候都更加迅速，落后地区追上甚至跃过传统领先地区的能力无疑在增强。

• a perennial also-ran in the search business, is taking a new tack.

  在搜索领域长期生存的搜索引擎，将要有一项新的举措。

• he was an also-ran in the presidential election four years ago; he is a forgotten man now.

  他四年前参加总统选举落选，现在已被人忘得一干二凈了。

• eventually, netscape was reduced to also-ran status — and the justice department took microsoft to court on antitrust violations.

  最后，网景被逼得几乎窒息，这时司法部出面以触犯反垄断法的罪名将微软送上法庭。

• apple inc. (aapl-q367.313.621.00%), the one-time computer also-ran that changed the way the world listens to music, is now the most valuable company in the world.

  苹果公司（aaplq%367.313.62%1.00%），改变了世界听音乐的方式的一次性计算机神来之笔现在是世界上最有价值的公司。

• what began as a celebration of this continent, then turned into a south american fiesta for two rounds, finishes off with one european country discarding its also-ran label.

  南美球队一开始就準备在这个大陆上举行夺冠庆典，但是紧接着欧洲球队通过两轮比赛使其夺冠之梦化为泡影。

• microsoft has a reputation for being an also-ran when it comes to browser innovation.

  微软在网络浏览器方面的革新步伐一直被人诟病「慢半拍」。

• spanish companies」 overseas adventure has been boosted by the transformation of their home economy from an also-ran into one of the star performers of the european union.

  西班牙国内经济的转型——其在欧盟由一个四面碰壁的失败者变为一颗炙手可热的明星——有力的促进了西班牙公司在海外的扩张。

• just look at microsoft, the brand behind the also-ran ultimatetv digital video recorder, zune portable music players and kin phones.

  作为被大众摒弃的ultimatetv数码影像刻录软件，zune手提音乐播放器,和kin电话的背后支持者微软就是个先例。

• there「s little doubt that the world」s most valuable ceo is steve jobs of apple, who has turned an also-ran pc maker into the second-most-valuable company in the u.s. stock market.

  毫无疑问，世界上最具价值的ceo，是苹果公司的史蒂夫?乔布斯。他把一家无甚价值的个人电脑生产商改造成了美国股市市值第二高的公司。