| 单词 | off-year election |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff-year election(s) 1. U.S. Politics. A year in which there is no important election; spec. one in which there is a Congressional election but no Presidential election. Frequently attributive, esp. in off-year election(s). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > year of no presidential election in U.S. off-year1870 1870 Punchinello 26 Nov. 135/2 If, as the Tribune says, this is an ‘off year’ with the Republicans, shouldn't they be satisfied with an 'Offman for Governor? 1873 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 2 Oct. 2/3 For an off-year in politics, the Democrats at Utica managed yesterday to make a very lively time for themselves in their Convention. 1873 B. A. Hinsdale Let. 17 Oct. in Garfield-Hinsdale Lett. (1949) 247 About one half is lost because it is the ‘off year’ in politics. 1906 N.Y. Evening Post 5 Nov. 4 In this off-year election. 1972 Times 27 Dec. 5/7 Soon after he succeeded to the Presidency the Republicans, in the off-year elections of 1946, won both Houses of Congress. 1992 National Forum 1 Nov. 20/5 Already, thoughtful observers are tagging the off-year elections of 1994 as the ones in which the incoming Republican tide will manifest itself most dramatically. 2001 Nation 26 Nov. 5/1 Eight years after Republicans swept off-year contests.., Democrats pretty much reversed the trend. < as lemmas |
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