makeweight

英 [ˈmeɪkweɪt]

美 [ˈmeɪkweɪt]

n.  充数的人(或物)

复数：makeweights　

BNC.44755

牛津词典

noun

• 充数的人（或物）
  an unimportant person or thing that is only added or included in sth in order to make it the correct number, quantity, size, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 凑数的人（或物）；无关紧要的人（或物）
  If you describe someone or something as amakeweight, you think that they are not good or valuable and that they have been included in an activity in order to fill up a gap.
  1. He has not been signed to the club as a makeweight to fill out the numbers.
     他并不是作为凑数的成员签给俱乐部的。

英英释义

noun

• a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight
• anything added to fill out a whole
  1. some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights
  Synonym:filler

双语例句

• He has not been signed to the club as a makeweight to fill out the numbers.
  他并不是作为凑数的成员签给俱乐部的。
• She may be the youngest member of the team, but she's no makeweight.
  她可能是全队最年轻的队址，但她井小是滥竿充数之人。
• A move to inter would, however, allow the Argentine to play the Champions League next year and the Nerazzurri are willing to offer Samuel as a makeweight.
  如果转会到国际米兰，意味着这名阿根廷球员下赛季可以参加冠军联赛，而蓝黑军团将用萨穆埃尔作为交换筹码。