| 单词 | straight fight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstraight fight straight fight n. an election in which there are only two candidates. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > electoral contest > between two candidates straight fight1910 1900 Times 3 Oct. 8/2 Dundee, where there will this time be a straight party fight, without the interposition of a labour candidate.] 1910 Times 12 Jan. 9/1 Another very noticeable feature of the London elections is that there will be a straight fight between the Government candidate and the Opposition nominee in all but three constituencies. 1931 Daily Express 16 Oct. 3/2 There was a prospect at one time of three-cornered fights in four of Bristol's five divisions, but to-day the position is that there are to be straight fights all round. 1957 Ann. Reg. 1956 26 Comparisons had been complicated by the appearance or disappearance of Liberal candidates. Here..the comparison was between two straight fights. < as lemmas |
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