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单词 constituency
释义
constituency
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ən.si/us
/kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ən.si/
one of theofficialareasof acountrythatelectssomeone torepresentit in aparliamentorlegislature:
选区
arural/urbanconstituency乡村／城市选区
[+ sing/pl verb]
thepeoplewholiveand canvotein aparticulararea:
选区的选民
Heangeredhis constituency byvotingagainst thebill.他投票反对议案，激怒了他的选区选民。
[+ sing/pl verb]
agroupofpeoplewhosupport, or arelikelytosupport, aparticularperson,product,suggestion, etc. :
（统称）支持者
There is alargeconstituency infavourof income-taxreductions.支持降低收入税的人数量众多。
More examples
  • UK The constituencyfelltoLabourat the lastelection, after tenyearsofConservativerule.
  • ThemarginalToryconstituency washeldby 2200votesin 1992.
  • She ispopularin her constituency.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Voters & candidates in elections
  • abstainer
  • Brexiteer
  • candidate
  • carpetbagger
  • constituent
  • electable
  • elector
  • multi-candidate
  • nay
  • non-voter
  • non-voting
  • plurality
  • re-eligibility
  • re-eligible
  • slate
  • ticket
  • unaffiliated
  • voter
  • write in
  • yea
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Supporters, members & defenders
(Definition ofconstituencyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

constituency| American Dictionary

constituency
noun[C]
us
/kənˈstɪtʃ·u·ən·si/
politics & government
thepeoplein aparticularareaof acountrywho arerepresentedby anelectedofficial, or thearea:
Republicanconstituencies aremainlyinsuburbanareas.
(Definition ofconstituencyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconstituency

constituency
Of the city's fifteen parliamentary constituencies, ten went unionist, three were secured by coalition liberals, and one each by coalition labour and labour.
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Complaints about media bias, he notes, increase when media outlets find it profitable to target news to narrowly defined constituencies.
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My model attempts to gauge whether deputies' votes are consistent with the characteristics of their constituencies, and whether the votes demonstrate party loyalty.
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With few opportunities to construct a viable politics of place, tory candidates in these constituencies tended to campaign on the issue of social reform.
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Lawmakers ask questions mostly concerning their respective constituencies.
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The 176 seats were divided among 31 different constituencies, ranging in size from one seat to 13 seats.
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We expect that these cross-pressured members had a harder time securing re-election because they were less in line with their national parties and their constituencies.
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He finds a counter-intuitive result that refutes non-game theoretical wisdom that parties focus their campaign resources on marginal constituencies.
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A 5 per cent threshold (or victories in three constituencies) limits access to extremist parties.
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With nearly half of all constituencies contested, the election dramatically confirmed the extent to which divergent religious sensibilities provoked opposing political affiliations.
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On every conceivable ground it would surely be better to have mixed constituencies like those to which we have hitherto become accustomed.
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Instead, we have estimated the 1992 results for each seat, had that contest been fought in the constituencies used in 1997.
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Rather, they are in direct competition with their rivals, not only nationally but also in individual constituencies.
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They also increase the political influence of political constituencies who favour more stringent regulatory policies and reduce the influence of business.
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Candidates from the same electoral district represented different constituencies as they carved up the district into different geographical and functional electoral bases.
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Collocationswithconstituency

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These are words often used in combination withconstituency.

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different constituency
A constituent told me, his public representative, that he could take me to a site that ran parallel to another one in adifferentconstituency.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
diverse constituency
I have the privilege of representing adiverseconstituencyin which the energy industry plays an important role.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
functional constituency
How long can they go on claiming to speak for that functional constituency?
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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