runner-up

英 [ˌrʌnər ˈʌp]

美 [ˌrʌnər ˈʌp]

n.  第二名; 亚军; 非冠军的获奖者

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牛津词典

noun

• 第二名；亚军；非冠军的获奖者
  a person or team that finishes second in a race or competition; a person or team that has not finished first but that wins a prize
  1. Winner: Kay Hall. Runner-up: Chris Platts.
     冠军：凯∙霍尔。亚军：克里斯∙普拉茨。
  2. They finished runners-up behind Sweden.
     他们紧随瑞典队之后，获得了第二名。
  3. The runners-up will all receive a £50 prize.
     没有拿到冠军的获奖者都将得到50英镑的奖金。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （赛跑或比赛中的）第二名，亚军
  Arunner-upis someone who has finished in second place in a race or competition.
  1. The ten runners-up will receive a case of wine.
     10位亚军会得到一箱葡萄酒。
  2. ...Paul Azinger, the American who was runner-up to Faldo at Muirfield in 1987.
     1987年在缪尔费尔德败给福尔多获得亚军的美国选手保罗·阿齐格

英英释义

noun

• the competitor who finishes second
  Synonym:second best

双语例句

• Honorable Mention: The Netherlands team that finished as World Cup runner-up in both 1974 and 1978.
  荣誉奖&荷兰队：在1974年和1978年世界杯中，荷兰队都屈居亚军。
• And finally, a word about the winner and runner-up.
  最后，来谈一谈冠亚军。
• Li's best result in a Grand Slam came earlier this year at the Australian Open, when she finished as runner-up in Melbourne.
  李娜的最好成绩是今年初的澳网在墨尔本获得亚军这个大满贯。
• The runner-up was Lucy Kay, with Bars and Melody in third place.
  LucyKay成为亚军，而正太组合BarsandMelody位列第三。
• Far tougher was having to leave off Rose and Casey, who has won the World Match Play Championship in England and twice was runner-up in the Match Play Championship in Arizona.
  远远要比这个难以抉择的就是放弃卡西和罗斯。而卡西曾是英格兰世界比洞锦标赛冠军，以及亚利桑那州比洞赛锦标赛两次亚军。
• She beat out Miss Colombia and Miss Peru who came in as the runner-up and third place holder.
  她击败了哥伦比亚小姐和秘鲁小姐，她俩分获亚军和季军。
• For his efforts, LeBron was honored as the runner-up to Steve Nash in the NBA MVP voting.
  对于他的努力下，勒布朗被评为亚军了纳什在NBA赛场上的MVP投票。
• Shilah Phillips, the first black Miss Texas, was first runner-up, and Miss Georgia, Amanda Kozak, was second runner-up.
  “美国小姐”的亚军和季军分别是来自得克萨斯州的史拉·菲利普和来自佐治亚州的阿曼达·柯萨克。
• The "Britain's Got Talent" runner-up was there to draw the half-time lottery winner.
  这位“英国达人”的榜眼是来参加球赛中场休息时的乐透抽奖活动的。
• The disappointed runner-up in the beauty contest damned with faint praise the newly crowned queen.
  在比美赛中失失望的亚军明褒实贬新选出的王后。