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dark horse

黑马,暗马

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a racehorse, competitor, etc., about whom little is known or who unexpectedly wins.
    • : a candidate who is unexpectedly nominated at a political convention.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounremote possibility
Synonyms
also-ran也有的人,兼职,也有的,也有的说long shot长镜头,长枪短炮,远射,长枪大炮sleeper睡眠者,睡觉的人,卧铺,卧底underdog劣势,弱者,劣势者,劣势方hundred-to-one shot百发百中,百发百中的镜头,百分之一的镜头improbability不可能的事,不可能性,不可能,不可行性little chance少许机会,没有机会,少量机会,少量的机会little opportunity没有什么机会,少许机会,机会渺茫,机会不多outside chance外部机会,外部的机会,外来机会,外来的机会outside shot外拍,外景拍摄,外射,外拍的poor bet可怜的赌注,差劲的赌注,可怜的赌局,差劲的赌局poor lookout穷酸的看门人,穷困潦倒的看门人,穷困潦倒的看守,穷困潦倒望眼欲穿poor possibility可怜的可能性,糟糕的可能性,差的可能性,可怜的可能poor prognosis预后不佳,预后不良,预后差,预后不好poor prospect前景不佳,糟糕的前景,贫乏的前景,贫民窟的前景slim chance机会渺茫,微弱的机会,机会不大,机率很小small chance小机会,小概率事件,机会渺茫,小概率stalking horse盯梢马,潜行马,盯梢的马,盯梢的马匹unexpected winner意外的赢家,不速之客,意外的胜利者,意外收获unknown未知,不详,未知数,未知的unknown quantity未知数,未知数量,数量不明,数量不详unlikelihood不可能,不大可能,不太可能,不可能的事unlikely winner不可能的赢家,不可能的冠军,不可能的胜利者,不太可能的赢家upsetter捣乱者,心烦意乱,烦扰者,捣乱分子

Examples

  • For years, advertisers have considered Amazon to be a dark horse to upend the Google-Facebook duopoly.

  • Earlier this year, Honeywell, a dark horse, surprised many people by bursting onto the quantum computing scene with a version of its own technology.

  • Like some other Hyundai products, the Ioniq is a bit of a dark horse.

  • He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.

  • I thought about the mother, her fear of the dark, of the harm she feared might come to her daughters.

  • Then she managed to struggle a mile through dark, rainy woods.

  • These are dark times for network TV, but experiments like Galavant are the silver lining.

  • I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?

  • Ripperda's eye fell upon the mantle,—it was discoloured a dark red in many places, he nodded his head, and the man withdrew.

  • At the mention of the Merrill Horse, Poindexter's countenance took on a demoniac expression.

  • But you are mistaken in thinking the force west consists of the entire Merrill Horse.

  • It was at this parliament that the famous acts against horse racing and deceitful gaming were passed.

  • He glanced aside, and saw an exceedingly pretty, dark face, which looked vaguely familiar.