Back-markers
(back-marker 的复数) n. [英国英语]开赛车时处于最不利条件的人；(汽车比赛中的)失败者；落选者(= also-ran)
🧩 词语组成解析
back
[bæk]
n. 背，背部;背面，反面;后面，后部;（椅子等的）靠背;
vt. 使后退;支持;加背书于;下赌注于;
vi. 后退;倒退;
adj. 背部的;后面的;以前的;拖欠的;
adv. 以前;向后地;
n. 标记；记分员；书签；马克笔（marker的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
There is nothing interesting in the newspaper.
报纸上没有什么有趣的新闻。
Wash your mouth out with soap!
嘴巴放干净一点！
In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away protection money was paid to them.
和平时期，当生意萧条时，霍克伍德便带领士兵进入某个城邦，纵火烧毁一两个农场，然后提出，如向他们缴纳保护金，他们便主动撤离。