broker, king maker, kingpin, power broker/powerbroker. one change of clothes "its parliament and prime minister are fronts for the real power brokers, a coterie of elite bureaucrats"

Trump Arrives in Washington and Hosts Event at Virginia Club

• Peter Thiel held a party for tech leaders and other power brokers in Washington on Saturday.

WikiLeaks Working to Get Asylum for Snowden

By SCOTT SHANE and CHARLIE SAVAGE 8:16 PM ET

WikiLeaks and Edward J. Snowden’s legal team have been brokering his asylum in Iceland, Julian Assange said.

Japan PM to meet powerbroker Ozawa at 0800 GMT-Jiji
Reuters
TOKYO Aug 31 (Reuters) - Japanese powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa will meet Prime Minister Naoto Kan at 5 pm (0800 GMT) on Tuesday, Jiji news agency reported, ...



Major Drug Kingpin Arrested in Mexico
Edgar Valdez Villareal's arrest, the result of a year-long intelligence operation, was a big win for President Felipe Calderson, who recently redoubled efforts to win the drug war.

No Bailout: Feds Made New Policy Clear in One Intense Weekend
When Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. flew to New York Friday evening, he brought only one change of clothes. And he planned to send a simple message to the powerbrokers of the financial world: No government bailouts would be offered to Wall Street.
(By David Cho and Neil Irwin, The Washington Post)


one change of clothes 每天都穿同一套衣服 。比喻 政策只同一條 不用納稅人的錢介入

power broker

(pou'ər-brō'kər)
or pow·er·brok·er n.

A person who exerts strong political or economic influence, especially by virtue of the individuals and votes he or she controls.

power broker

/ˈpaʊə ˌbrəʊkə/

noun

1. a person who deliberately affects the distribution of political or economic power by exerting influence or by intrigue.

   "its parliament and prime minister are fronts for the real power brokers, a coterie of elite bureaucrats"

Definition of broker

noun

• a person who buys and sells goods or assets for others: the centralized lenders operate through brokersCompare with broker-dealer.

verb

[with object]

arrange or negotiate (an agreement):fighting continued despite attempts to broker a ceasefire

kingpin

音節

kíng • pìn

kingpinの変化形

kingpins (複数形)

[名]((ふつう単数形))

1 ((略式))中心人物, 親分；中枢.

2 ＝kingbolt.

3 《ボウリング》1番ピン(headpin)；5番ピン.

king

音節

king

発音

kíŋ

kingの変化形

kings (複数形) • kings (三人称単数現在)

kingの慣用句

be king, （全1件）

[名]

1 ((時にK-))王, 国王, 君主, 帝王. ▼女性形はqueen. ⇒EMPEROR

King Henry VIII
ヘンリー八世

His Majesty the King
国王陛下

King Log
実権のない王, 指導力のない指導者〈Aesop〉

King Stark
暴君〈Aesop〉

crown a person king
人を王位につける.

2 （同一種類の中で）最良［最大］の人［動物, 物］；（一集団・範疇(はんちゅう)の中で）もっとも代表的な人物((of ...))；大立て者, …王；((俗))（事業での）やり手

the king of the forest
森の王（カシの大木）

the king of beasts ［the jungle］
百獣［ジャングル］の王（ライオン）

the king of birds
鳥の王（ワシ）

the uncrowned king of
…界の無冠の帝王.

3 《トランプ》キング；《チェス》キング；《チェッカー》キング, 成駒(なりごま).

4
(1) ((K-))神(God)；キリスト(the King of Kings)

the King of Heaven ［bliss, glory］
天にまします神.

(2) 皇帝：昔, 東方諸国の王が用いた称号.

5 （生殖能力のある）雄シロアリ.

6 ((〜s))((米略式))キングサイズの巻きタバコ1箱.

7 ((the K-))エルビス・プレスリー(Elvis Presley).

be king

絶大な影響力をもつ.

━━[動](他)…を王位につかせる, 国王［君主］にする.

━━(自)［king it］王として君臨する；（…に）いばりちらす((over ...)).

［古英語cyning→cyng. △ドイツ語König］

king・less

[形]