| 释义 |
unelectable, a.
Brit. |ˌʌnɪˈlɛktəbl|, U.S. |ˌənɪˈlɛktəbl|, |ˌəniˈlɛktəb(ə)l|
[‹ un- prefix1 + electable adj.]
Not having the qualities which make election likely or plausible; incapable of being elected.
1932A. Henderson Bernard Shaw 232 In no other way could Shaw have secured election; for he boasts with truth that he is a hopelessly unelectable person under any existing democratic franchise. 1968Guardian 22 Aug. 9/7 Today's poll convincingly confirms that Mr Humphrey is unelectable. 1985Tablet 9 Nov. 1171/2 The destructive events of the early 1980s..may well have made the Labour Party unelectable as a single governing party. 1992J. Didion After Henry 79 A candidate believed to be so profoundly unelectable that he could take the entire Democratic party down with him.
Derivatives. unelectability n.
1976Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 5 June a4/3 No one who saw him win California's governorship twice will entertain any notion of his ‘*unelectability.’ 2002Church Times 15 Nov. 9/2 The party that transformed itself from the uncompromising unelectability of the Foot-Kinnock era into an administration that today looks well set for a third term. |