paper candidate

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpeɪpə ˈkændɪdət/    美 /ˈpeɪpɚ ˈkændɪdeɪt/|/-dɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An election candidate with little chance of winning, who runs a minimal or no campaign, and who is added to the ballot for publicity, to increase the number of candidates standing and/or try to ensure their party has a candidate in every electoral district.
    — Mr. Kent. I never knew of any actual Democratic opponent to a Republican candidate for Congress in Philadelphia for a number of years, but there may have been some "paper candidate" set up.

词形变化

paper candidates plural
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