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| 1 | an animal kept as a pet , for guarding buildings, or for hunting . A young dog is called a puppy 狗；犬；猎狗 |
| Have you fed the dog? 你喂狗了吗？ |
| Out on the street, a dog began to bark. 在外面的街道上，一条狗吠叫起来。 |
| dog food/biscuits 狗食/狗饼干 |
| | 1a | a male dog or a male animal that belongs to the same group of animals as dogs, such as a male wolf or fox 公狗；犬科雄兽 | | a dog fox 雄狐 | |
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| 2 | offensive someone who is not attractive , especially a woman 丑陋的人；（尤指）丑女人 |
| | 2a | an unpleasant man 讨厌的男子 | |
| | 2b | someone who gives information about people to the police or to another authority 告密者；告发者 | |
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| 3 | MAINLY AMERICAN something that is of bad quality or very unsuccessful 劣质的东西；蹩脚货；失败 |
| I invested in an Internet start-up but it turned out to be a real dog. 我曾投资开了一家小型因特网公司，但最后血本无归。 |
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| - | dog eat dog
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| a situation in which people compete very hard and will do anything to be successful |
| 残酷无情的竞争 |
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| It’ s dog eat dog in the television industry. 电视业的竞争很激烈。 |
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| - | a dog in the manger BRITISH
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| someone who does not want or need something , but will not let other people have it |
| 占马槽的狗；占着茅坑不拉屎的人 |
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| - | the dogs BRITISH informal
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| an event at which dogs race around a track , and people try to win money by betting on which dogs will win |
| 赛狗会 |
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| - | a dog’ s breakfast/dinner BRITISH informal
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| something that is very untidy or badly done |
| 一团糟 |
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| - | dressed up like a dog’ s dinner BRITISH informal
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| dressed in a way that shows that you are trying to impress people , but is not suitable for the occasion |
| 打扮得花枝招展 |
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| - | every dog has its/hisday
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| used for saying that every person will have a time during their life when they are important , lucky , or successful |
| 人人皆有得意时；风水轮流转 |
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| - | give a dog a bad name BRITISH
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| used for saying that once someone has a bad reputation , people will blame them for everything |
| 人言可畏；坏名声洗刷不掉 |
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| - | going to the dogs informal
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| if a place or organization is going to the dogs, it is not as good as it was in the past |
| 堕落；趋于衰败 |
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| He’ s always saying that the country is going to the dogs. 他总是说这个国家在走向衰败。 |
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| - | it’ s a dog’ s life spoken
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| used for saying that life is not fair and is full of troubles |
| 这是悲惨的生活；这是猪狗不如的生活 |
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| - | like a dog with a bone informal
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| not willing to stop until you have finished dealing with something , especially a problem that is worrying you |
| 坚持处理完（尤指烦忧人的问题） |
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| See also | | - rain 2 | | - sleep 1 | | - tail 1 | | - teach | | - top dog | |
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