kingmaker

n. 拥立国王者, 有权支配要职的任命者

发音

UK /ˈkɪŋmeɪkə/
其它
US /ˈkɪŋˌmeɪkɚ/

词形变化

kingmakers 复数 kingmakers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A player who is unable to win but powerful enough to decide which of the other viable players will eventually win.

    计算机 工程 数学 引申义
  2. 2.

    Someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader.

    拥立国王者

    造王者

    政治

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

personage important person

词源

From king + maker, originally used in the 16th century in “Warwick the Kingmaker”, an epithet of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471), a key figure in the Wars of the Roses whose actions led to King Henry VI being deposed in 1461 and Edward IV appointed in his place, then Edward IV being replaced by Henry VI again in 1470.

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