| 释义 |
stalking horse
noun countable
■If a group of politicians use someone who has no chance of winning as a stalking horse, they make that person compete for a position in order to divide the opposition or to take attention away from another person who they really want to win. （竞选中旨在分化对方力量或掩护己方主要候选人的）掩护性候选人 |