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
  1. 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。

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.
  1. ...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

英英释义

noun

• a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices

双语例句

• He chose a non-controversial, experienced Senator as his running mate who complemented his lack of foreign policy skills.
  他选择了一个无争议的，富有经验的参议员作为他的竞选伙伴，作为他缺乏外交手段的补充。
• Mr Romney and his running mate talk tough on fiscal policy but they have failed to offer credible numbers.
  罗姆尼及其竞选伙伴说起财政政策就措辞强硬，但他们却未能提出可信的数字。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Women will not vote for John McCain simply because he has a woman as a running mate.
  女性们不会仅因为约翰-麦凯恩选择女性做竞选伙伴就为他投票。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• This is a question for both nominees as they search for the right man or woman for their running mate.
  对于两位正在寻找合适的人作为竞选搭档的总统提名人来说，这是一个问题。