学会loser用法,从此不做loser
Once upon a time, someone decided that we were the losers. But there are two sides to every story, and our side has not been told! So who will join me?
——Shrek Ⅲ
从前,一些人把我们称为失败者。但每个故事都有两面,我们的那一面还没有讲给人听……所以谁要加入我?
——《怪物史瑞克3》
一、你知道loser有几种含义吗?
n.
1.失败者,败者 a person who is defeated in a competition
The loser sat slumped in dejection.
失败者垂头丧气地坐着,全身瘫软。
2.废物,无用之人 a person who is useless
They've only been trained to compete with other men, so a successful woman can make them feel like a real loser.
他们只被教过要和其他男人一较高下,所以一个成功的女人会令他们觉得特别失败。
3.受损害者 a person who suffers because of a particular action, decision, etc.
Some of Britain's top business leaders of the 1980s became the country's greatest losers in the recession.
英国一些20世纪80年代的商界杰出领袖,成为了该国经济衰退中最大的受害者。
二、来做个填词游戏吧
What an election produces is a winner and a .
选举产生的是一个赢家和一个失败者。