dog

柯林斯詞典

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(guó)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(guó)英語] [非正式]
It's a real dog. 這是個(gè)不折不扣的蹩腳貨。
3. V-T If problems or injuries dog you, they are with you all the time. (問題、傷病等) 長(zhǎng)期困擾
His career has been dogged by bad luck. 他的職業(yè)生涯厄運(yùn)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(jiǎn)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. 他們坐視整個(gè)國(guó)家衰落下去。