stalking horse
- n.(为试探对手支持率而推出的)掩护性候选人;用以掩人耳目的人(或物);用以掩蔽的事物
复数： stalking horses
stalking horsenoun
用以掩人耳目的人（或物）；用以掩蔽的事物
a person or thing that is used to hide the real purpose of a particular course of action
（为试探对手支持率而推出的）掩护性候选人
a politician who competes against the leader of their party in order to see how much support the leader has; a stronger candidate can then compete against the leader more seriously
stalking horse
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N-COUNT 掩护;借口
If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.I think the development is a stalking horse for exploitation of the surrounding countryside.
我认为开发只是一个借口，目的其实是想开采周围农村地区的资源。
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N-COUNT (政治竞争中为摸清对手实力而推出的)掩护性候选人
In politics, a stalking horse is someone who stands against a leader in order to see how strong the opposition is. The stalking horse then withdraws in favour of a stronger challenger.The possibility of another stalking horse challenge this autumn cannot be ruled out.
今年秋季可能会再次推出一名掩护性候选人出来挑战，不排除这种可能性。
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The possibility of another stalking horse challenge this autumn cannot be ruled out .
今年秋季可能会再次推出一名掩护性候选人出来挑战，不排除这种可能性。
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Original Text : He is just a stalking horse in the election contest .
他在这次竞选中只不过是充当一个掩护性候选人。
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I think the development is a stalking horse for exploitation of the surrounding countryside .
我认为开发只是一个借口，目的其实是想开采周围农村地区的资源。
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But let us see how he likes a stalking horse alongside him .
但让我们看看他是如何对付对手的围追堵截的。
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The stalking horse bid was $ 175 million for Batavia , Ohio-based maker of injection molding machines , blow molders , extruders , mold components , structural foam machines and industrial fluids .
在跟踪马底价为1。75亿巴达维亚，俄亥俄州的制造商的注塑机，吹塑机，挤出机，模具组件，结构发泡机和工业流体。
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His own Dawa party has split , with his predecessor as prime minister , Ibrahim al-Jaafari , promoting himself as a stalking horse for the Sadrists , whose party has been barred from the lists .
他自己的召唤党已经分裂，前任总理Ibrahimal-Jaafari将自己推出来吸引萨德尔派的火力&萨德尔派的政党已经被禁止参选。