| 单词 | winner-take -all |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinner-take(s)-all 3. winner-take(s)-all, attributive phrase used to denote contests or conflicts in which victory is outright or the successful competitor alone is rewarded; occasionally (without hyphens) in non-attributive use as an idiomatic sentence. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adjective] > types of competition drawn1610 indifferent?1611 cut-throat?a1625 equal1653 runaway1797 close-run1813 neck and neck1828 tight1828 dog-eat-dog1872 winner-take(s)-all1969 two-horse1976 1969 Listener 10 Apr. 496/1 When you say war, I think that's what you mean: nations and empires clashing, and there will be one winner and one loser on clear-cut lines. I won, you lost. But here there's not supposed to be, the way I understand it, a winner-take-all-type thing. 1972 National Observer (U.S.) 27 May 5/1 Should McGovern win the June 6 California primary with its winner-take-all bag of 271 votes,..he then would be within easy range of a first-ballot nomination at the convention opening on July 10. 1972 Guardian 8 June 12/1 In California winner takes all. It will be almost impossible now to deny McGovern the nomination. 1973 Times 16 Nov. 1/1 The Government has accepted that there is no way out of a grim, winner-takes-all clash with the National Union of Mineworkers. 1976 ‘H. Carmichael’ False Evidence iv. 63 There must've been a worthwhile rakeoff... The outcome was that winner took all. 1978 A. Price '44 Vintage xxiii. 264 A winner-takes-all lottery. < as lemmas |
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