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.
随便看	fair and square fair dinkum fair dinkum fair dos fair game fair game fair play to someone fair's fair fairy faith fall fall apart at the seams fall asleep fall at the first hurdle fall between two stools fall by the wayside fall flat fall flat on your face fall foul of fall from grace fall in line fall in (or into) line fall into line fall into place fall into someone's lap