| 单词 | run-off primary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrun-off primary C2. Chiefly U.S. General attributive (in sense 4b), esp. in run-off primary (see primary n. 7). ΚΠ 1907 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 2 Aug. 1/5 There will be a run-off primary for the gubernatorial nomination. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 15 Sept. 3/4 A. H. Carmichael, of Tuscumbia, and B. L. Malone, of Decatur, will face each other in a run-off primary October 3 for the Democratic nomination to Congress from the Eighth Alabama district. 1954 Economist 31 July 365/2 In Oklahoma Senator Kerr..was threatened with having to fight a ‘run-off’ election against a rival millionaire, Mr Roy Turner. 1959 B. North & R. North tr. M. Duverger Polit. Parties (ed. 2) ii. i. 220 The second or run-off primary operating in the event of no candidate securing an absolute majority at the first primary. 1968 Listener 27 June 826/1 If General de Gaulle's victory at the polls is confirmed by the run-off vote next Sunday, he may well see this as a mandate for his projected social reforms. 2006 S. P. Ramet Three Yugoslavias xvii. 521 The Federal Election Commission now set the run-off elections for 8 October. < as lemmas |
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