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Robert Shiller of Yale University recently singled out farmland as “my favourite dark-horse bubble candidate for the next decade or so”.
最近耶魯大學(xué)的羅伯特?席勒指出，農(nóng)田是“我認(rèn)為在今后十余年最有可能產(chǎn)生泡沫的領(lǐng)域?！?/li>
In 2011 he will work on those weaknesses, emerging as an attractive dark-horse candidate and (again) as a plausible running-mate for the eventual nominee.
2011年大選，他將克服這些弱點(diǎn)展現(xiàn)他的光輝成為一匹奪人眼球的黑馬，并（再一次）理所當(dāng)然地成為最終獲選的提名者。
ASK Jamie Dimon if he wants to be America’s next treasury secretary, a job for which the head of JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is a dark-horse candidate, and he clams up.
現(xiàn)任摩根大通（JPM）總裁的杰米?戴蒙很意外地成為了下一任美國(guó)財(cái)政部長(zhǎng)的候選人。當(dāng)被問(wèn)及是否愿意擔(dān)此大任時(shí)，他就三緘其口。

In politics,a dark-horse candidate is someone who is not well known to the public.

Coming in first place, by the way, in the bedandbreakfast.com pancake competition is a long-shot, dark-horse entry: a lemon-blueberry ricotta-cheese pancake with a sweet lemon sauce, garnished with fresh strawberries.
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But the underperformance of so many of the world's soccer powers--pre-tournament co-favorites Argentina and Italy, defending champion France and dark-horse favorite Portugal were all eliminated in the first round--diminished the tournament as a showcase of the world's top footballing talent.
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In the meantime, bid farewell to your dark horse team after the second round--of the 20 teams seeded 12th or lower that have reached the final 16, only one has ever taken the next step to the Elite Eight.
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(SECRET) a person who keeps their interests and ideas secret, especially someone who has a surprising ability or skill
(WINNER) a horse or a politician who wins a race or competition although no one expected them to

If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.