英语词汇“khaki election”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

khaki election n. a general election regarded as influenced by war; used esp. of the general elections of 1900, 1918, and 1931.

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > general election > specific

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1913 Everyday Phrases Explained 164 The Khaki Election. This was the General Election of 1900, when the Government appealed successfully to the country for its approval of the South African War.

1917 G. B. Shaw What I really wrote about War (1930) x. 273 You may look forward with exultation to a century of triumphant khaki elections.

1918 Times 23 Aug. 8/4 Parliament clearly contemplated a khaki election in the best sense, with every soldier, sailor,..and Red Cross worker voting on the sole but splendid qualification of national service.

1958 Times 15 Feb. 8/4 In November, 1918, she was adopted..as a candidate for Parliament. At the ‘khaki election’ she stood as a Coalition candidate.

1963 Times 6 Feb. 15/1 The ‘khaki election’ of 1900, when the Conservatives swept the country.

1968 A. Marwick Brit. in Cent. of Total War iii. 94 The election of 14 December 1918..was a ‘Khaki’ election in which the dominant element was patriotic hysteria.

1971 D. Ayerst Guardian xxx. 472 Sir Warren Fisher..remained at the Treasury..and Ramsay Macdonald at 10 Downing St. He decided to hold a khaki election.

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释义	> as lemmas khaki election khaki election n. a general election regarded as influenced by war; used esp. of the general elections of 1900, 1918, and 1931. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > general election > specific khaki election1913 khaki vote1918 1913 Everyday Phrases Explained 164 The Khaki Election. This was the General Election of 1900, when the Government appealed successfully to the country for its approval of the South African War. 1917 G. B. Shaw What I really wrote about War (1930) x. 273 You may look forward with exultation to a century of triumphant khaki elections. 1918 Times 23 Aug. 8/4 Parliament clearly contemplated a khaki election in the best sense, with every soldier, sailor,..and Red Cross worker voting on the sole but splendid qualification of national service. 1958 Times 15 Feb. 8/4 In November, 1918, she was adopted..as a candidate for Parliament. At the ‘khaki election’ she stood as a Coalition candidate. 1963 Times 6 Feb. 15/1 The ‘khaki election’ of 1900, when the Conservatives swept the country. 1968 A. Marwick Brit. in Cent. of Total War iii. 94 The election of 14 December 1918..was a ‘Khaki’ election in which the dominant element was patriotic hysteria. 1971 D. Ayerst Guardian xxx. 472 Sir Warren Fisher..remained at the Treasury..and Ramsay Macdonald at 10 Downing St. He decided to hold a khaki election. extracted from khakiadj.n. < as lemmas
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