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a stalking-horse for [sth/sb]
stalking-horse 常与 for 连用，表示作为…的幌子。
He was just a stalking-horse for the real candidate.
他只是真正候选人的掩蔽候选人。
幌子；托词
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幌子；托词
something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
He was just a stalking-horse for the real candidate.
他只是真正候选人的掩蔽候选人。
遮掩计划的事物；为掩盖真实原因而编造的虚假理由。
something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
为分裂反对派或掩盖真正候选人而提出的候选人。
a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
猎人狩猎时藏在后面、状似马形的屏障。
screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
The company used the environmental survey as a stalking-horse to delay the project.
公司利用环境调查作为拖延项目的幌子。
His interest in the old house was only a stalking-horse for his plan to buy the whole street.
他对老房子的兴趣只是他买下整条街计划的托词。
The proposal was a stalking-horse, and the real agenda appeared only later.
该提案是一个幌子，真正的议程后来才出现。
stalking-horse 常与 for 连用，表示作为…的幌子。
He was just a stalking-horse for the real candidate.
他只是真正候选人的掩蔽候选人。
The company used environmental issues as a stalking-horse for its tax evasion.
该公司以环境问题为掩护进行逃税。
此处 serve as 表示‘充当’。
The proposal served as a stalking-horse for more ambitious reforms.
该提案为更雄心勃勃的改革铺路（作为掩护）。
Not this
He stalking-horsed the competition.
Use this
He used a stalking-horse to deceive the competition.
stalking-horse 是名词，不能用作动词。应使用 'use a stalking-horse' 的动词短语。
Not this
He used stalking horse to hide in the election campaign.
Use this
He used a stalking horse to hide in the election campaign.
stalking-horse 作为可数名词，在泛指时需要加不定冠词 a。
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常作比喻用，指用作掩护的人或物。
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