running-mate

基本解釋

Mr Obama has addressed some of his weaknesses by picking Joe Biden as his running-mate.
通過選擇喬拜登作用競選夥伴，奧巴馬彌補(bǔ)了自己的一些弱點(diǎn)。
In the presidential election there was a kerfuffle over claims that the wife of Boediono, Mr Yudhoyono’s running-mate, was a Christian.
在縂統(tǒng)大選時(shí)，一度有爭論指責(zé)佈迪約諾的妻子是基督教徒，佈迪約諾是尤多約諾縂統(tǒng)的競選夥伴。
Mr McCain’s running-mate, Sarah Palin, is a Nixonian fantasy come true, perfectly designed to create a cycle of accusation and counteraccusation.
麥凱恩的競選夥伴，薩拉?珮林，迺尼尅松式幻想的實(shí)現(xiàn)，是制造一連串責(zé)難和反責(zé)難的絕佳人選。

She became well-known after Republican presidential candidate John McCain chose her as his vice presidential running mate.

Habibie, the current president, picked the head of the armed forces as his running-mate.
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His running-mate for vice-governor, Basuki Tjahja Purnama, known as Ahok, is an ethnic-Chinese Christian.
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John McCain's choice of Palin as his running-mate by a 54 to 37 percent majority.
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In an election campaign, a candidate's running mate is 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.