dark horse

英 [dɑːk hɔːs]

美 [dɑːrk hɔːrs]

n.  黑马(最近刚取得或将要取得成功的新人)

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 黑马（最近刚取得或将要取得成功的新人)
  If you describe someone as adark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
  1. Until recently A. S. Byatt was a dark horse, known only by those steeped in literature.
     一直到前不久，A.S.拜厄特都还是只为潜心研究文学的人所知晓的一匹黑马。

英英释义

noun

• a racehorse about which little is known
• a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly

双语例句

• I'm going to vote for him even though he's a dark horse.
  尽管他是一匹“黑马”，我准备投他的票。
• This election has two dark horse candidates in it.
  这次选举出现了两匹黑马。
• And a "dark horse" the only possibility," in different regions and different types of "sentence.
  和“黑马”唯一的可能性，“在不同的地区，”不同类型的句子。
• This year, though, the other party nominated a dark horse out of nowhere.
  然而，今年另一个党提名了一个不知从那儿冒出来的人，谁也不认识他。
• I have confidence in him. I know he will be a dark horse in the contest.
  （我对他有信心。我知道他在这次的比赛中将是一匹黑马。）
• Jim is a dark horse in the final.
  吉姆是决赛中的冷门。
• In2002 Word Cup, South Korea football team was really a dark horse.
  在2002年世界杯上，韩国队是一只黑马。
• He is regarded as a dark horse in the year-end election.
  他在今年年底的选举中被认为是匹黑马。
• Don't think you'll beat him easily, he may be a dark horse.
  不要以为你会轻而易举地胜过他，他可能是出人意料的高手。
• "a dark horse" is one that shows unexpected racing speed and comes in first, even though the experts said he had little chance of winning.
  一匹已被专家认为没有获胜希望的马，却在赛马中跑出了出人意料的速度，夺得了第一名，这就叫“黑马”。