| 词汇 | electioneering |
| 释义 | electioneering noun[ U ] mainly disapprovinguk /iˌlek.ʃəˈnɪə.rɪŋ/ us /ɪˌlek.ʃəˈnɪr.ɪŋ/ the activity of trying to persuade people to vote for a particular political party: 拉票活动;竞选活动 The MP's speech was dismissed by her opponents as crude electioneering.这位下院议员的演讲被她的对手斥之为赤裸裸的拉票行径。 Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting entrance poll exit poll first-past-the-post flip franchise proxy proxy vote proxy voter proxy voting psephologist voting voting booth voting machine voting slip whistle-stop Examples of electioneeringelectioneering On the other hand, positive electioneering did appear to have an effect. It is reasonable to expect, therefore, that patronage might also be used to improve the quality of cadre electioneering effort. This traditional distrust of electioneering threatened to leave electors in a void, dispersing their votes and conferring haphazard majorities upon unwilling office-holders. Voting is the quintessential electoral act, but it is not the only one; elements of campaigning and electioneering have also been the subject of formal analysis. Goldenberg bought large amounts of food and cars for voters and candidates during the electioneering period. I earnestly and hopefully hope that this will not become a matter of party and electioneering strife in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would be the final irony—and a fitting epitaph for this gimmicky, limited and crude electioneering piece of legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer, finally, to the electioneering defence speeches which we have heard from the benches opposite. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every device known to modern electioneering will be availed of in order to bring the matter home to the people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, for the purpose of giving information, it is wholly unnecessary, and can have no other abject but that of electioneering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After 13 years in opposition—and we can understand the climate of opinion—they were electioneering after the election was over. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In reality, just as electioneering can take the form of telephone canvassing, so directory inquiries and mail order type businesses can be located anywhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For two whole years our island has been distracted by party strife and electioneering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is for them that we spend thousands of pounds on posters and electioneering literature. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are going to have a somewhat different electorate to deal with—an electorate singularly ignorant of electioneering matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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