nearly man

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A man who fails to achieve the success or status that he might potentially have had. idiomatic,informal
    — It was Harris's lot to be a nearly man: a man nearly educated, nearly employed, nearly criminal, but never really toppling the edges to be labelled. He had been nearly married, and lived at this time with a woman who had also seen better days […]

词形变化

nearly men plural
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