a person or thing that loses or has lost something, especially a game or contest (尤指游戏或竞赛)失败者 ■[with adj.]a person who accepts defeat with good or bad grace, as specified [与形容词连用,依形容词的意思表示] 输得起(输不起)的人 we won fair and square — they should concede that bravely and be good losers. 我们赢得光明正大,他们应当勇敢地接受失败,做输得起的人。 ■a person or thing that is put at a disadvantage by a particular situation or course of action 处于不利地位的人(物) children are the losers when politicians keep fiddling around with education. 政客们不重视教育对孩子非常不利。 ■(informal)a person who fails frequently or is generally unsuccessful in life (非正式)经常失败的人;人生失意的人 a ragtag community of rejects and losers. 由被抛弃者和失败者组成的下层社区。 ■(Bridge)a card that is expected to be part of a losing trick (桥牌)必失一墩的牌
常用词组 be on (或 on to) a loser
(informal)be involved in a course of action that is bound to fail (非正式)注定失败