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单词 electioneering
释义
electioneering
noun[U]
mainlydisapproving
uk
/iˌlek.ʃəˈnɪə.rɪŋ/us
/iˌlek.ʃəˈnɪr.ɪŋ/
theactivityoftryingtopersuadepeopletovotefor aparticularpoliticalparty:
拉票活动；竞选活动
The MP'sspeechwasdismissedby heropponentsascrudeelectioneering.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。
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(Definition ofelectioneeringfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofelectioneering

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On the other hand, positiveelectioneeringdid appear to have an effect.
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It is reasonable to expect, therefore, that patronage might also be used to improve the quality of cadreelectioneeringeffort.
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This traditional distrust ofelectioneeringthreatened to leave electors in a void, dispersing their votes and conferring haphazard majorities upon unwilling office-holders.
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Voting is the quintessential electoral act, but it is not the only one; elements of campaigning andelectioneeringhave also been the subject of formal analysis.
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Goldenberg bought large amounts of food and cars for voters and candidates during theelectioneeringperiod.
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I earnestly and hopefully hope that this will not become a matter of party andelectioneeringstrife in this country.
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That would be the final irony—and a fitting epitaph for this gimmicky, limited and crudeelectioneeringpiece of legislation.
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I refer, finally, to theelectioneeringdefence speeches which we have heard from the benches opposite.
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Every device known to modernelectioneeringwill be availed of in order to bring the matter home to the people.
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Therefore, for the purpose of giving information, it is wholly unnecessary, and can have no other abject but that ofelectioneering.
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After 13 years in opposition—and we can understand the climate of opinion—they wereelectioneeringafter the election was over.
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In reality, just aselectioneeringcan take the form of telephone canvassing, so directory inquiries and mail order type businesses can be located anywhere.
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For two whole years our island has been distracted by party strife andelectioneering.
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It is for them that we spend thousands of pounds on posters andelectioneeringliterature.
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We are going to have a somewhat different electorate to deal with—an electorate singularly ignorant ofelectioneeringmatters.
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