running mate
英 [ˈrʌnɪŋ meɪt]
美 [ˈrʌnɪŋ meɪt]
n. (美国)竞选伙伴; (尤指)副总统候选人
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牛津词典
noun
- （美国）竞选伙伴；（尤指）副总统候选人
(in the US) a person who is chosen by the candidate in an election, especially that for president, to support them and to have the next highest political position if they win- The presidential nominee was advised to choose a woman as a running mate.
有人建议总统候选人找一位女性竞选伙伴。
- The presidential nominee was advised to choose a woman as a running mate.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 竞选伙伴
In an election campaign, a candidate'srunning mateis the person that they have chosen to help them in the election. If the candidate wins, the running mate will become the second most important person after the winner.- ...Clinton's selection of Al Gore as his running mate.
克林顿选择阿尔·戈尔作为他的竞选伙伴
- ...Clinton's selection of Al Gore as his running mate.
英英释义
noun
- a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices
双语例句
- A few days before Barack Obama was to announce his choice for Vice President, he was asked at a North Carolina town meeting what qualities he wanted in a running mate.
几天前，奥巴马宣布了他对副总统的要求，在北卡罗莱纳州的城市会议上有人问他所希望的竞选搭档要具有哪些品质。 - And the maverick made a surprise choice of an unknown running mate that, in the final analysis, undercut his ability to tag Obama as inexperienced and called his judgment into question.
这个特立独行的人令人惊讶地选择了一个名不见经传的竞选伙伴，导致在最后的分析中，他将奥巴马说成缺乏经验的力量严重削弱，而他的判断力则被质疑。 - It also, however, has its limits, which Frank discovers to his detriment when he publicly humiliates his choice for vice presidential running mate and the former prot é g é turns against him in a spectacular way.
这种控制也有局限性，弗兰克曾公开羞辱他的副总统竞选伙伴，最终这位曾经的门徒以一种惊人的方式背叛了他，并给他造成了损失。 - Obama's choice of Biden to be his running mate was announced early Saturday morning, in a text message to supporters.
奥巴马在星期六早晨，以手机简讯的方式向支持者宣布，他选择了拜登作为竞选夥伴。 - John McCain's decision to pick Governor Palin as his running mate excited social conservatives at the Republican convention.
约翰.麦凯恩选择佩林作为他竞选夥伴的决定，在共和党全国大会上让在社会议题上的保守派感到兴奋。 - There had been talk that the Republican candidate might select Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who is a Cuban-American, as his running mate.
之前风传这位共和党候选人可能会选择佛罗里达州的古巴裔美国人、参议员马可鲁比奥（MarcoRubio）作为竞选伙伴。 - All online, a party platform will be drafted, and the field of candidates will be narrowed down to six. Each of those six will choose a running mate& from a different party.
一切都是通过网络进行的：网上起草政党纲领，将候选人的范围压缩在六个以内，然后六个候选人各自挑选一个来自不同政党的人作为竞选伙伴。 - In choosing the homespun Sarah Palin as his running mate, Mr McCain emphasised Mr Obama's distance from country-and-western America.
通过选择朴素的莎拉•佩林（SarahPalin）作为竞选伙伴，麦凯恩强调了奥巴马与美国乡村和西部的疏远。 - She was relatively unknown before McCain announced just last week that he had chosen her as his running mate.
佩林在麦凯恩上星期宣布选择她为竞选搭档之前，几乎不被为人知。 - Palin said her running mate was referring to a strong American workforce.
佩林则表示，她的竞选搭档指的是美国的劳工队伍是强壮的。