stalking horse是什么意思

n.

掩护；借口

（政治竞争中为摸清对手实力而推出的）掩护性候选人

stalking horse英英释义

名词 stalking-horse:
  1. a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate

  2. something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

  3. screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game

  4. a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game

stalking horse 例句

1 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。

2 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。

3 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.

stalking horse 同义词

1 借口

blind fake excuse licence plea pretext alibi pretence get-out cover story

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