单词 | landslide defeat |
释义 | > as lemmaslandslide defeat Used as a modifier in sense 2, as landslide victory, landslide defeat, etc. ΚΠ 1890 Washington Post 12 Nov. 4/2 Both parties have in the past shouted over landslide victories, and each party..has seen its landslide victory soon turned into overwhelming defeat. 1952 New Mexican (Santa Fe) 5 Nov. 1/5 Dwight D. Eisenhower has been elevated to the White House by a vote of landslide proportions. 1957 Indian Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 18 51 In the last general elections..this party has suffered a landslide defeat and is now facing the possibility of extinction. 2007 Independent 23 Jan. 31/3 She has top class advisers, many of them road-tested from..her landslide Senate wins in 2000 and 2006. < as lemmas |
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