英 [ˈkɪŋmeɪkə(r)] 美 [ˈkɪŋmeɪkər]
n. 拥立国王者；有权支配要职的任命者
kingmaker /ˈkɪŋˌmeɪkə/
可数名词 A kingmaker is a person or group who has control over which people are chosen for positions of authority, for example, in an election. 拥立国王者; 控制候选人的个人或团体
Mr. Takeshita became the party's kingmaker, handing the largest faction over to one of his own disciples.
竹下先生成为党内决定谁能当选的关键人物，他将最大的派系移交至他自己的一位追随者手中。
English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)
同义词： Warwick / Earl of Warwick / Richard Neville
an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence
the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker
他喜欢用一个比喻来形容投资方与创业者的关系，创业者一定是king，而金沙江则是kingmaker(拥立国王者)。
我们不认为“内容为王”，因为内容只是造王者（kingmaker），并且要适应媒介的变化。 新的体系正在形成，硅谷扮演更大角色 在将要形成的新的体系中，硅谷科技公司将扮演更加重要的角色。
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... formidable (adj.) （敌人）难对付的。（工作）艰难的 ◇ kingmaker n. 有权使人当选者 proposition n. （口语）要对付或注意的事物 ...
Mr. Takeshita became the party's kingmaker, handing the largest faction over to one of his own disciples.
竹下先生成为党内决定谁能当选的关键人物，他将最大的派系移交至他自己的一位追随者手中。
The earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker.
沃里克伯爵是第一个拥立国王的人。
Peter Mandelson Kingmaker and Gordon's former enemy.
彼得·曼德尔森挺皇派、戈登前对手。
"I think that there will be a refocusing of how the UK can operate within Pakistan and Afghanistan, but also there will be some serious questions about whether or not the UK can maintain this expeditionary role" TV debates, a first in British politics, have thrust the outsider Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats into the role of kingmaker in a close election.
VOA : standard.2010.04.30
Is the hope now that California will become a kingmaker in a way it hasn't been?
LDP's kingmaker and is peeved that Mr Abe has not heeded all his advice was ominous.
Mr Ozawa was kingmaker, as both faction leader and LDP secretary-general, but never prime minister.