running mate

noun

1. （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。

1. N-COUNT 竞选伙伴
   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.
   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

1. Palin said her running mate was referring to a strong American workforce.
   佩林则表示，她的竞选搭档指的是美国的劳工队伍是强壮的。
2. 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。
3. Neither candidate has given any strong indications as to who his running mate will be.
   两位候选人目前都没有任何迹象显示他们的竞选搭档是谁。
4. 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。
5. All online, a party platform will be drafted, and the field of candidates will be narrowed down to six. Each of those six will choose a running mate& from a different party.
   一切都是通过网络进行的：网上起草政党纲领，将候选人的范围压缩在六个以内，然后六个候选人各自挑选一个来自不同政党的人作为竞选伙伴。
6. Obama's running mate, Senator Joe Biden, campaigned in a different part of Pennsylvania Friday.
   奥巴马的竞选搭档拜登参议员星期五在宾夕法尼亚州另外一个地方竞选。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. One after the other, leaders of the other groups present stood up and firmly endorsed Obama and his running mate, Senator Biden.
    其他组织的代表们也逐一起身，坚决支持奥巴马和他的竞选伙伴，参议员拜登。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. Introducing his running mate against the backdrop of the USS Wisconsin on Saturday, Mitt Romney flubbed his easiest line: Join me in welcoming the next president of the United States.
    周六，在威斯康辛号（USSWisconsin）战舰前介绍自己的竞选搭档时，米特•罗姆尼（MITTROMNEY）把一句最简单的台词说错了，说成了：请大家和我一起欢迎美国未来的总统。
15. 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。
16. I think my running mate, I can certainly see this a Jay Chou
    我想我的我的搭档这次肯定能见到周杰伦了
17. 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”。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. Obama's choice of Biden to be his running mate was announced early Saturday morning, in a text message to supporters.
    奥巴马在星期六早晨，以手机简讯的方式向支持者宣布，他选择了拜登作为竞选夥伴。
25. 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。
26. John McCain makes the surprise choice of Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, as a running mate.
    约翰。麦凯恩做出了一个让人惊讶的选择&让阿拉斯加州州长莎拉。佩琳做自己的竞选伙伴。
27. Wallace had asked him to be his running mate.
    华莱士已经请他当竞选伙伴。
28. 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。
29. Powell also said he was voting for Obama because of Senator McCain's decision to tap Governor Palin as his running mate.
    鲍威尔还说，他支持奥巴马，是因为麦凯恩参议员决定选择佩林州长作竞选夥伴。
30. And the maverick made a surprise choice of an unknown running mate that, in the final analysis, undercut his ability to tag Obama as inexperienced and called his judgment into question.
    这个特立独行的人令人惊讶地选择了一个名不见经传的竞选伙伴，导致在最后的分析中，他将奥巴马说成缺乏经验的力量严重削弱，而他的判断力则被质疑。

noun

1. a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices