| 释义 |
ˈlog-roll, v.
[Back-formation from log-rolling.]
a. trans. To procure the passing of (a bill) by log-rolling.
b. To approach (a politician) with the view of getting his political co-operation.
c. intr. To engage in log-rolling.
1835D. Crockett Tour 120 My people don't like me to log-roll in their business, and vote away pre-emption rights to fellows in other states, that never kindle a fire on their lands. 1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. II. 279 The method of ‘log rolling’ bills through the legislature. 1865Daily Tel. 14 Apr., The leading politicians who..log-roll the railway bills. 1876Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. ii. 98 In the Greek epic, the gods..lobby and log-roll for their candidates. 1879Times 19 June, To log-roll with everybody who was willing to work with him. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. II. ii. li. 286 Sometimes by express, more often by a tacit understanding, local bills are ‘log-rolled’ through the houses. 1896Du Maurier Martian (1898) 391 They did not log-roll Barty, whom they considered coarse and vulgar. |