"the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker"
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N-COUNT A kingmaker is a person or group who has control over which people are chosen for positions of authority, for example, in an election. 拥立国王者; 控制候选人的个人或团体
Mr. Takeshita became the party's kingmaker, handing the largest faction over to one of his own disciples.
竹下先生成为党内决定谁能当选的关键人物,他将最大的派系移交至他自己的一位追随者手中。
Mr. Takeshita became the party's kingmaker, handing the largest faction over to one of his own disciples.
竹下先生成为党内决定谁能当选的关键人物,他将最大的派系移交至他自己的一位追随者手中。
The earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker.
沃里克伯爵是第一个拥立国王的人。
He now finds himself in the role of potential kingmaker for the run-off.
现在,他发现自己有可能成为左右决胜选举的拥王者。
"I think that there will be a refocusing of how the UK can operate within Pakistan and Afghanistan, but also there will be some serious questions about whether or not the UK can maintain this expeditionary role" TV debates, a first in British politics, have thrust the outsider Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats into the role of kingmaker in a close election.
VOA: standard.2010.04.30
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