| 单词 | first past the post |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst past the post b. first past the post: (originally Australian and New Zealand) used figuratively to designate an electoral system in which the candidate with the largest number of votes, or the party with the largest number of seats, wins an election (frequently attributive). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [adjective] > type of electoral system scot and lot1818 plural1839 preferential1870 uninominal1881 second ballot1910 first past the post1914 1914 E. Tregear in New Statesman 8 Aug. 556/2 They have destroyed the Second Ballot in favor of the old rotten system of ‘the first past the post’ at elections, in the hope that the Liberals and the Labour men may split votes. 1952 L. Overacker Austral. Party Syst. viii. 221 At that time the ‘first past the post’ system of election was in use. 1976 Times 20 Aug. 13/1 The existing electoral system, based on the ‘first past the post’ principle which has shown itself to be so anomalous at Westminster. 2007 House of Lords: Reform (Office of Leader of House of Commons) vii. 34/1 Those in favour of first past the post for the House of Commons cite the clear link between the member and the constituency as clear strength. < as lemmas |
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