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单词 re-eligibility
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re-eligibilityn.

Brit. /riːˌɛlᵻdʒᵻˈbɪlᵻti/, /rɪˌɛlᵻdʒᵻˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /riˌɛlədʒəˈbɪlədi/
Forms: 1700s– re-eligibility, 1900s– reëligibility.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, eligibility n.
Etymology: < re- prefix + eligibility n., after re-eligible adj.
The state or condition of being eligible for something for a second or subsequent time; esp. suitability for re-election to a particular office.
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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > eligibility for re-election
re-eligibility1785
1785 J. Madison Let. 23 Aug. in Writings (1901) II. 174 For neither branch [of the Legislature] does it seem necessary or proper to prohibit an indefinite re-eligibility.
1788 A. Hamilton in A. Hamilton et al. Federalist II. lxxii. 156 With a positive duration [of the presidency]..I connect the circumstance of re-elegibility.
1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. 72 The re-eligibility of the President for life, I quite disapproved.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xli. 103 He [sc. the state governor] is elected directly, not..by a college of electors... Some States limit his re-eligibility.
1914 Polit. Sci. Q. 29 425 He believed that reëligibility made it possible for an able, ambitious man to hold office for life.
1947 Jrnl. Polit. 9 iv. 718 The wording of the 1940 constitutional amendment..changed the term from six years, without re-eligibility.
2007 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 3 June The world triathlon champion..who last year served a three-month ban for three missed tests, was successful in his appeal for re-eligibility.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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