The word "loser" refers to someone who is defeated in a competition, is generally unsuccessful, or suffers a disadvantage. It can also be used informally to describe someone unfavorably. The term also has a proper noun usage as a surname or place name in some cultures.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]失败者;负方;输家 The losers of a game, contest, or struggle are the people who are defeated or beaten.
[usu pl]
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...the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills, the winners and losers of this year's Super Bowl.
达拉斯牛仔队和布法罗比尔队,今年超级碗的赢家和输家
If someone is a good loser, they accept that they have lost a game or contest without complaining. If someone is a bad loser, they hate losing and complain about it.输得起的人/输不起的人
I'm sure the prime minister will turn out to be a good loser...
我相信首相会是个输得起的人。
You are a very bad loser Lou, aren't you?
卢,你这人输不起,不是吗?
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]废物;无用之人 If you refer to someone as a loser, you have a low opinion of them because you think they are always unsuccessful.
[disapproval]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]受损者;受害者;吃亏者 People who are losers as the result of an action or event, are in a worse situation because of it or do not benefit from it.
[usu pl]
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。
Oxford
loser/ˈluːzə(r); NAmEˈluːzər/noun1a person who is defeated in a competition (比赛的)输者,败者◆winners and losers赢家与输家◆He's a good/bad loser(= he accepts defeat well/badly).他是个输得起╱输不起的人。2( rather informal) a person who is regularly unsuccessful, especially when you have a low opinion of them 屡屡失败的人(尤指评价较低者)◆She's one of life's losers.她是个生活的失败者。◆He's a born loser.他生来就走背运。3a person who suffers because of a particular action, decision, etc. (因某行为、决定等的)受损害者◆The real losers in all of this are the students.在这一切中真正受损害的是学生。loserlosersloser/ˈluːzə(r); NAmEˈluːzər/
LDC
loserlos‧er /ˈluːzə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1someone who is in a worse situation than they were, because of something that has happenedOPP winner: If the strike continues, the people of Galway will be the real losers.2someone who is never successful in life, work, or relationships: What a loser! The guy’s a born loser.3someone who has lost a competition, game, election etcOPP winnergood/bad loser (=someone who behaves well or badly after losing)
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失败者(69%),输家(29%),遗失者(2%)
n.失败者;遗失者
n.(Loser)人名;(德、捷)洛泽;(英)洛瑟;(法)洛塞
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