race

at the races in a position to compete successfully; in contention. informal

2011Daily Telegraph If you don't have a credible economic policy, you are simply not at the races.

be in the race have a chance of success. Australian & New Zealand informal

1953T. A. G. HungerfordRiverslake 'See that bloke?' He pointed down the road after the vanished car. 'A few years ago he wouldn't have been in the race to own a car like that.'

one-horse race: seeone-horse.

a race against time a situation in which someone attempts to do or complete something before a particular time or before something else happens.

词组	race
释义	race at the races in a position to compete successfully; in contention. informal 2011Daily Telegraph If you don't have a credible economic policy, you are simply not at the races. be in the race have a chance of success. Australian & New Zealand informal 1953T. A. G. HungerfordRiverslake 'See that bloke?' He pointed down the road after the vanished car. 'A few years ago he wouldn't have been in the race to own a car like that.' one-horse race: seeone-horse. a race against time a situation in which someone attempts to do or complete something before a particular time or before something else happens.
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