dog

1. N-COUNT A dog is a very common four-legged animal that is often kept by people as a pet or to guard or hunt. There are many different breeds of dog. 狗

The British are renowned as a nation of dog lovers. 英國人以愛狗著稱。

2. N-COUNT People use dog to refer to something that they consider unsatisfactory or of poor quality. 蹩腳貨[美國英語] [非正式]

It's a real dog. 這是個不折不釦的蹩腳貨。

3. V-T If problems or injuries dog you, they are with you all the time. (問題、傷病等) 長期睏擾

His career has been dogged by bad luck. 他的職業生涯厄運不斷。

4. →see also dogged

5. PHRASE You use dog eat dog to express your disapproval of a situation where everyone wants to succeed and is willing to harm other people in order to do so. 相互傾軋[表不滿]

It is very much dog eat dog out there. 那簡直就是自相傾軋。

6. PHRASE If you say that something is going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality. 衰落[非正式]

They sit doing nothing while the country goes to the dogs. 他們坐眡整個國家衰落下去。