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单词 veepstakes
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Definition of veepstakes in English:

veepstakes

noun ˈviːpsteɪksˈvēpˌstāks
US informal
  • treated as singular or plural The notional competition among politicians to be chosen as a party's candidate for vice president.

    is the Oklahoma governor a front runner in the veepstakes?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Normally there'd be a longer primary campaign, there'd be a little bit of a lull before the conventions, and some speculation about the veepstakes.
    • So, who will win the Veepstakes on both sides?
    • Given this history, littered with out-of-nowhere names, it might be reasonable to assume that the press would refrain from breathless speculation about the veepstakes.
    • Heading for Philadelphia, the veepstakes reaches fever pitch as 15,000 journalists are looking for news at the Republican convention.
    • Both of them have prime spots on our ranking of the veepstakes below.
    • Normally we would chalk his denial up to the gamesmanship that surrounds the veepstakes; that is, the only way to ensure you won't get picked is to say that you want the job.
    • When it comes to the veepstakes, a good audition won't get you the part.
    • Are the veepstakes about to end?
    • I'd just like to second Atrios's thoughts on the veepstakes.
    • According to a gossip column in the New York Post, the current frontrunner in John Kerry's Veepstakes is former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn.
    • When we come back, rampant speculation over the veepstakes and next week's Republican Convention.
    • By early Tuesday morning, the veepstakes was over and the race was on to define John Edwards.
    • It is Edwards' charisma, the press tells us, that will doom him in the veepstakes - unless, of course, it seals the deal for him.
    • In the '04 veepstakes, Edwards had the least political experience, just six years in the Senate.

Origin

1960s: from veep and sweepstake.

 
 

Definition of veepstakes in US English:

veepstakes

nounˈvēpˌstāks
US informal
  • treated as singular or plural The notional competition among politicians to be chosen as a party's candidate for vice president.

    is the Oklahoma governor a front runner in the veepstakes?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the '04 veepstakes, Edwards had the least political experience, just six years in the Senate.
    • Are the veepstakes about to end?
    • By early Tuesday morning, the veepstakes was over and the race was on to define John Edwards.
    • I'd just like to second Atrios's thoughts on the veepstakes.
    • It is Edwards' charisma, the press tells us, that will doom him in the veepstakes - unless, of course, it seals the deal for him.
    • Both of them have prime spots on our ranking of the veepstakes below.
    • Normally we would chalk his denial up to the gamesmanship that surrounds the veepstakes; that is, the only way to ensure you won't get picked is to say that you want the job.
    • According to a gossip column in the New York Post, the current frontrunner in John Kerry's Veepstakes is former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn.
    • So, who will win the Veepstakes on both sides?
    • Given this history, littered with out-of-nowhere names, it might be reasonable to assume that the press would refrain from breathless speculation about the veepstakes.
    • Normally there'd be a longer primary campaign, there'd be a little bit of a lull before the conventions, and some speculation about the veepstakes.
    • Heading for Philadelphia, the veepstakes reaches fever pitch as 15,000 journalists are looking for news at the Republican convention.
    • When it comes to the veepstakes, a good audition won't get you the part.
    • When we come back, rampant speculation over the veepstakes and next week's Republican Convention.

Origin

1960s: from veep and sweepstakes.

 
 
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