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

• Children in the crowd carry signs and flags before US Republican presidential candidate John McCain introduced his vice presidential running mate.
  人群中，孩子们手持标语和旗帜等待共和党总统候选人麦凯恩介绍他的副总统竞选伙伴。
• 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。
• She became well-known after Republican presidential candidate John McCain chose her as his vice presidential running mate.
  在共和党总统候选人麦凯恩选其担任竞选副总统的竞选伙伴后，莎拉帕林为众所知。
• Senator John McCain seemed to suggest that aimed at a fund-raiser in New Mexico this week that his former rival would make a good running mate.
  约翰·麦凯恩议员在本周新墨西哥州的募捐活动上似乎已经表示，曾经是他的对手的Mitt会成为很好的竞选伙伴。
• 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。
• 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。
• He won the Republican presidential nomination, with running mate Bob Dole, for the1976 election, but lost the presidency to Jimmy Carter.
  1976年总统大选时，他与竞选伙伴、副总统鲍勃·多勒作为共和党候选人参选，但最后不敌对手吉米·卡特。
• 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。
• The last of the convention's four days will start this evening with Sarah Palin's name being put into nomination as McCain's vice-presidential running mate.
  大会的最后四天将在今晚开始，伴随而来的是萨拉帕林的名字将被列入麦凯恩的副总统竞选伙伴的提名名单中。