dark horse
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌdɑːk ˈhɔːs]
- 美式音标 [ˌdɑːrk ˈhɔːrs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 黑马(出人意外获胜的赛马或参赛人);(美)“黑马”候选人(常因各方妥协而意外获得提名或当选)
英汉例句
- Robert Shiller of Yale University recently singled out farmland as “my favourite dark-horse bubble candidate for the next decade or so”.
最近耶鲁大学的罗伯特•席勒指出,农田是“我认为在今后十余年最有可能产生泡沫的领域。” - In 2011 he will work on those weaknesses, emerging as an attractive dark-horse candidate and (again) as a plausible running-mate for the eventual nominee.
2011年大选,他将克服这些弱点展现他的光辉成为一匹夺人眼球的黑马,并(再一次)理所当然地成为最终获选的提名者。 - ASK Jamie Dimon if he wants to be America’s next treasury secretary, a job for which the head of JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is a dark-horse candidate, and he clams up.
现任摩根大通(JPM)总裁的杰米•戴蒙很意外地成为了下一任美国财政部长的候选人。 当被问及是否愿意担此大任时,他就三缄其口。 - In politics,a dark-horse candidate is someone who is not well known to the public.
- Coming in first place, by the way, in the bedandbreakfast.com pancake competition is a long-shot, dark-horse entry: a lemon-blueberry ricotta-cheese pancake with a sweet lemon sauce, garnished with fresh strawberries.
NPR: Washington Experience a Liability for Democrats? - But the underperformance of so many of the world's soccer powers--pre-tournament co-favorites Argentina and Italy, defending champion France and dark-horse favorite Portugal were all eliminated in the first round--diminished the tournament as a showcase of the world's top footballing talent.
FORBES: Magazine Article - In the meantime, bid farewell to your dark horse team after the second round--of the 20 teams seeded 12th or lower that have reached the final 16, only one has ever taken the next step to the Elite Eight.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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词组短语
- dark -horse expectancy strategy 冷门预期策略
- dark k horse 竞争中出人意料的获胜者;黑马
- Dark Dark Horse 表演者
- My dark horse prince 我的黑马王子;我国黑马王子
- Dark horse video pieces 黑马影件
短语
英英字典
- (SECRET) a person who keeps their interests and ideas secret, especially someone who has a surprising ability or skill
- (WINNER) a horse or a politician who wins a race or competition although no one expected them to
- If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
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专业释义
- (常因各方妥协而意外获得提名或当选的)“黑马”候选人,爆出冷门的候选人
- 爆冷门的运动员
- 黑马
- 冷门