English Dictionary

trophy veep

名詞

A Vice Presidential candidate selected for his or her youth or attractiveness rather than his or her experience or ability to assume the Office of the Presidency.

日本語の意味

若さや容姿の魅力が強調され、経験や能力よりもこれらの要素が評価されて副大統領候補に選ばれた人物

Many voters saw his running mate as nothing more than a trophy veep, chosen for looks instead of leadership.

多くの有権者は、彼の副大統領候補を経験や大統領職を引き継ぐ能力ではなく、若さや容姿のために選ばれた見せかけの副大統領候補だと見なした。

意味（1）

A Vice Presidential candidate selected for his or her youth or attractiveness rather than his or her experience or ability to assume the Office of the Presidency.

The first Trophy Veep?... Such penetrating questions may (or may not) explain why Jennings gets the big bucks, but nothing explains why Edwards is the man to stand that one heartbeat we hear about away from the presidency. And this is the point that dispels all goose bumps: John Edwards may be Peter Jennings' idea of a good lawyer, but a career of arguing cases before North Carolina juries, even augmented by five years in the U.S. Senate, has in no way given John Edwards the foreign policy expertise essential to supporting or possibly assuming the presidency in the middle of this global war on jihadist terrorism. The bankruptcy of Kerry's first presidential judgment is staggering. This, for Bush supporters, should be a relief.

trophy veeps （ plural ）