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
- Obama's running mate, Senator Joe Biden, campaigned in a different part of Pennsylvania Friday.
奥巴马的竞选搭档拜登参议员星期五在宾夕法尼亚州另外一个地方竞选。 - McCain also praised his vice-presidential running mate, Alaska governor Sarah Palin, saying she has a clear record of reform.
麦凯恩还称赞了他的副总统竞选搭档、阿拉斯加州州长佩林，说她有成功的改革记录。 - 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。 - 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。 - First off, it incorporates the bad-ass Walter as his running mate, and secondly it brings in the quote that "This aggression will not stand".
首先，它包含作为他的竞选搭档的坏驴沃尔特，其次它带来的报价是“不能忍受这种侵略”。 - 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。 - Meanwhile, McCain's vice presidential running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, campaigned in Colorado and said she and McCain would fight to keep taxes low as the best way to grow the economy.
与此同时，麦凯恩的副总统竞选搭档、阿拉斯加州长佩林在科罗拉多竞选时表示，她和麦凯恩都会努力保持低税率，因为这是推动经济增长的最好方式。 - 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。 - 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。