单词 | machine candidate |
释义 | > as lemmasmachine candidate machine candidate n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > candidate candidate1609 campaigner1839 machine candidate1906 1906 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 28 84 The winner may be a ‘machine’ candidate supported by a majority party that dared not split its vote. 1950 Economist 9 Dec. 1004/1 The two machine candidates in New York City. 1996 Internat. Affairs 72 662 State governors could usually deliver sizeable block votes. This was the eventual key to the success of the machine candidate, Senator Robert Dole. < as lemmas |
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