N-COUNT 凑数的人（或物）；无关紧要的人（或物） If you describe someone or something as a makeweight, 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. 凑数的人（或物）；无关紧要的人（或物） [disapproval]
He has not been signed to the club as a makeweight to fill out the numbers.