"They cannot grieve, they cannot remarry, they cannot sell property, the family has lost their breadwinner."
FADWA MAHMOUD, the wife of a Syrian dissident who disappeared in 2012, describing the plight of Syrian women whose loved ones are among the 100,000 detained or missing.
Fiat Hopes Second U.S. Try Is Winner
Fiat's attempt to crack the U.S. market three decades ago with a fleet of small, fuel-efficient cars proved a debacle. Now, Fiat is readying its second attempt.
中法商場恩怨:
這"赢者一无所得"讓人想到 海明威的短篇小說集
Winner Take Nothing (1933) was Ernest Hemingway's third collection of short stories to be published by a US publisher. It appeared four years after his most recent book of fiction, A Farewell to Arms (1929), and a year after his non-fiction bullfighting treatise, Death in the Afternoon (1932). Clearly, when it appeared, the reading public and the reviewers had been waiting for more fiction from a man who was seen as one of the leading writers of his day. While most of the reviews of Winner Take Nothing were favourable, however, nearly all of the reviewers expressed some reservations about the book.
書名讓某些英語學子困惑:
この作品のタイトルが "A winner takes nothing" あるいは "Winners take nothing" ではなく、なぜ "Winner take nothing" なのかという疑問と同じくらいわからない。
win Show phonetics
verb winning, won, won
1 [I or T] to achieve first position and/or get a prize in a competition or competitive situation:
Which year was it that Italy won the World Cup?
He won first prize/a bottle of gin in the raffle.
Who's winning?
This is the third medal she's won this season.
Who won the men's finals in the tennis?
They won the war, although it cost them millions of lives.
If this government win the next election, I'm leaving the country.
Everyone likes winning an argument.
[+ two objects] It was his goal that won us the match/won the match for us.
Her firm have just won (= beaten other companies to get) a cleaning contract worth £3 million.
2 [T] to receive something positive, such as approval, loyalty, affection or love because you have earned it:
Her plans have won the support of many local people.
This is Jamie, the four-year old who won the hearts of the nation (= made everyone love him and/or feel sympathy for him).
She would do anything to win his love.
Winning back his trust was the hardest part.
win Show phonetics
noun [C]
when someone wins a game or competition:
It was United's sixth consecutive win this season.
Everyone was predicting a Republican win at the last election and look what happened.
winner Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 someone who wins a game, competition or election:
There'll be a prize for the winner.
The winner of this match will play Violente in the semi-finals.
And to find out who are the lucky winners of our competition, Samantha is going to draw some names out of the bag.
See also breadwinner.
2 (US ALSO game-winner) INFORMAL in sport, a goal or point that causes a player or team to win a game:
Neil Eaves scored the winner in the last minute of the match.
3 INFORMAL something that is extremely successful and popular:
That lemon tart was a winner, wasn't it?
I think they're onto a winner with this latest product (= it will succeed).
winning Show phonetics
adjective [before noun]
1 that has won something:
Have you heard the winning entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest?
It's nice to be on the winning side for a change.
2 friendly and charming and tending to make people like you:
a winning smile
winnings Show phonetics
plural noun
an amount of money that has been won:
What are you going to spend your winnings on?
win-win Show phonetics
adjective [before noun]
describes a situation, plan, etc. in which you cannot lose, whatever choice of action you make, or in which all the groups involved will gain benefits:
This is a win-win situation for her, because whoever wins this match, she's still going to be champion.
Promoting fairtrade is a win-win option, because everyone, both producers and consumers, benefits.
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