| 单词 | kingmaker |
| 释义 | kingmaker (once / 67539 pages) n WORD FAMILY kingmaker: kingmakers USAGE EXAMPLESTurkey displaced the US as kingmaker on the other side. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) Labrador described three Republican factions: Ryan’s “Wall Street Journal” wing, Trump’s populist wing and, as potential kingmakers, the conservative ideologues. Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016) Never a kingmaker, Arpaio had an unfortunate penchant for backing candidates at the wrong time. Los Angeles Times(Nov 08, 2016) n an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker Hyper important person, influential person, personage a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events Kingmaker (once / 358161 pages) n WORD FAMILY Kingmaker: Kingmakers USAGE EXAMPLESHanna, whose nicknames included “Lord of the Great Lakes” and “The Kingmaker,” was a “multifaceted tycoon” who “built McKinley’s career from scratch,” Meiring said. Washington Times(Oct 30, 2016) "Trump is the only hope to defeat the Kingmakers. Because everybody else will fall in line." US News(Sep 06, 2016) It was just one of many lines of text, most of them sung, in the premiere of “Kingmaker,” by Roscoe Mitchell. New York Times(May 01, 2015) n English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471) Syn|Exp Earl of Warwick, Richard Neville, Warwick national leader, solon, statesman a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs |
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