loser

敗者

試合や競争で勝てなかった人やチーム。

やさしい英語で： A person or team that does not win a game, race, or competition.

• Every game has a loser.
• The losers congratulated the winning team.
• Nobody wants to be a sore loser.

類義語： defeated competitor

反対語： winner

よく使う表現： a sore loser, the match loser, winner and loser

負け犬、落ちこぼれ

失敗が多く、人生で成功していない人を見下す呼び方。

やさしい英語で： An unkind name for someone who often fails or seems to achieve little in life.

• He called me a loser.
• She felt like a loser after another rejection.
• Stop treating people as losers because they earn less.

類義語： failure, no-hoper

よく使う表現： a total loser, a complete loser, a hopeless loser

既決囚、受刑者

犯罪で有罪となった人。特に何度も有罪判決を受けた人。

やさしい英語で： Someone found guilty of a crime, especially someone with several criminal convictions.

• The prisoner was a habitual loser.
• Police described him as a loser with several convictions.
• The report called the convicted robber a loser.

類義語： convict

よく使う表現： a habitual loser, a convicted loser