| 单词 | office-seeking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoffice-seeking office-seeking n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [noun] > the holding of office > seeking office office-seeking1825 society > authority > office > holder of office > [adjective] > seeking office office-seeking1825 1825 L. M. Child Rebels i. 12 You mistake the unanimous voice of a free and intelligent people, for the factious zeal of a few office-seeking demagogues. 1884 Manch. Examiner 16 Oct. 5/2 The office-seeking throng, who do so much to win elections. 1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. II. 356/1 Gregory was persuaded by his friends, who feared the charge of principled office-seeking, to refuse this offer. 1999 Amer. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 43 1146 To argue that parties play an important role in affecting roll-call voting outcomes, one must establish first that parties ‘matter’ to office-seeking politicians. < as lemmas |
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