makeweight

noun

1. 充数的人（或物）
   an unimportant person or thing that is only added or included in sth in order to make it the correct number, quantity, size, etc.

1. N-COUNT 凑数的人（或物）；无关紧要的人（或物）
   If you describe someone or something as a makeweight, you think that they are not good or valuable and that they have been included in an activity in order to fill up a gap.
   1. He has not been signed to the club as a makeweight to fill out the numbers.
      他并不是作为凑数的成员签给俱乐部的。

1. He has not been signed to the club as a makeweight to fill out the numbers.
   他并不是作为凑数的成员签给俱乐部的。
2. A move to inter would, however, allow the Argentine to play the Champions League next year and the Nerazzurri are willing to offer Samuel as a makeweight.
   如果转会到国际米兰，意味着这名阿根廷球员下赛季可以参加冠军联赛，而蓝黑军团将用萨穆埃尔作为交换筹码。
3. She may be the youngest member of the team, but she's no makeweight.
   她可能是全队最年轻的队址，但她井小是滥竿充数之人。

noun

1. a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight

2. anything added to fill out a whole
   1. some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights

   Synonym:    filler