has-been

Word family nounhashas-been

ˈhas-been noun [countableC] informal

FAILsomeone who was important or popular but who has now been forgotten 被遗忘的名人，风光不再的人

Examples from the Corpus

has-been• Employment training in Britain is a scandal and is often run by Government-appointed has-beens from industry accountable to no-one.• To say they are has-beens is cruel, but their recent Grand Slam record speaks for itself.• Triumph Tigers should belong to boys like Nails, rough and lawless, not hopeless has-beens like himself.• A peerless champion of his own era, he had been reduced to an ineffectual has-been by the modern gunslingers.• The country is crying out for leadership and all Mr Smith has to offer is a talking-shop for academics and political has-beens.• The arrogance of some of the has-beens in the Athletico squad is pathetic.

单词	has-been
释义	has-been Word family nounhashas-been ˈhas-been noun [countableC] informal FAILsomeone who was important or popular but who has now been forgotten 被遗忘的名人，风光不再的人 Examples from the Corpus has-been• Employment training in Britain is a scandal and is often run by Government-appointed has-beens from industry accountable to no-one.• To say they are has-beens is cruel, but their recent Grand Slam record speaks for itself.• Triumph Tigers should belong to boys like Nails, rough and lawless, not hopeless has-beens like himself.• A peerless champion of his own era, he had been reduced to an ineffectual has-been by the modern gunslingers.• The country is crying out for leadership and all Mr Smith has to offer is a talking-shop for academics and political has-beens.• The arrogance of some of the has-beens in the Athletico squad is pathetic.
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