kingmaker
英 ['kɪŋmeɪkə]
美['kɪŋmekɚ]
- n. 拥立国王者；有权支配要职的任命者
中文词源
kingmaker 政界元老
king,国王，君主，maker,产生，制造。比喻用法。
英文词源
- kingmaker (n.)
- also king-maker, 1590s, originally in reference to the 15c. Earl of Warwick.
双语例句
- 1. The earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker.
- 沃里克伯爵是第一个拥立国王的人.
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- 2. " Perot as kingmaker , " he says tactfully, " is a more formidable proposition than as candate. "
- 他委婉地说道: “ 佩罗替人抬轿助选,要比他自己出来参选更难缠. ”
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