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also-ran

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'also-ran
◙noun [C]
1. someone who fails to win a competition, election etc
• 〔比赛或选举等的〕失败者，落选者:
 »Ten months ago he was just an also-ran for the Democratic nomination.
  十个月前他只是个竞争民主党候选人提名的失败者。