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单词 electioneering
释义
electioneeringe‧lec‧tion‧eer‧ing /ɪˌlekʃəˈnɪərɪŋ $ -ˈnɪr-/ noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Critics have dismissed his visit to a shelter for the homeless as an obvious piece of electioneering.
  • Modern electioneering is sophisticated and highly organised.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • All said that electioneering could itself be fun.
  • Beattie and Foster were fully involved with Paisley and Wylie in their protests and in electioneering.
  • But, in a rush of electioneering, all were approved.
  • Despite the reports of political violence and killing, there has been plenty of genuine electioneering.
  • Gladstone did so in his electioneering, Bismarck in his use of the press.
  • It's pure electioneering and I know the people in Darlington have got more sense.
  • The second example of electioneering is similarly aimed at youthful voters.
  • Unionists did though make war service a main plank of their electioneering whenever they had the chance.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorpolitical activities before an election
the activities and advertising used over a period of time to persuade people to vote for a particular party or person: · Richards and his team have already started planning his campaign for election as party leader.· Throughout the campaign, Baldwin looked the most likely to win.election campaign: · The government does not want this kind of bad publicity in the middle of an election campaign.
activities such as visiting places and talking to people to try to persuade them to vote for a particular person or party - use this especially when you think politicians are not being sincere when they do this: · Modern electioneering is sophisticated and highly organised.· Critics have dismissed his visit to a shelter for the homeless as an obvious piece of electioneering.
to go around an area or to people's houses in order to find out if they intend to vote for you or your party and, if not, to try to persuade them that they should: · She was canvassing in the Greenside area of town yesterday.· I spent the whole afternoon canvassing voters.canvass for: · I canvass for the Democrats at election times.
WORD SETS
abstain, verbabstention, nounadopt, verbballot, nounballot box, nounballot paper, nounblackball, verbby-election, nouncasting vote, nouncloture, nounconstituency, nounconstituent, noundeliver, verbdeposit, noundeselect, verbdisenfranchise, verbdisfranchise, verbdivision, noundoorstep, verbdream ticket, nounelect, verbelection, nounelectioneering, nounelective, adjectiveelector, nounelectoral, adjectiveelectoral register, nounelectorate, nounenfranchise, verbexit poll, nounfloating voter, nounfranchise, noungeneral election, nounhung parliament, nounlobby, nounmajority, nounmotion, nounno, nounoff-year, nounopen primary, nounoutvote, verboverall majority, nounplebiscite, nounplurality, nounpocket veto, nounpoint of order, nounpoll, nounpolling, nounpolling booth, nounpolling day, nounpolling station, nounpollster, nounPR, nounprimary, nounprimary election, nounproportional representation, nounpsephology, nounrecount, nounre-elect, verbreferendum, nounresolution, nounresolve, verbreturn, verbreturning officer, nounrig, verbrun, verbrun-off, nounscrutineer, nounshow of hands, nounslate, nounsplit ticket, nounspoil, verbsponsor, nounsponsor, verbstalking horse, nounstraight ticket, nounstraw poll, nounstronghold, nounsuffrage, nountactical voting, nounteller, nounthree-line whip, nounvote, verbvote of censure, nounvote of confidence, nounvote of no confidence, nounvoter, nounvoting machine, nounward, nounwrite-in, nounX, nounyea, nounyes, noun
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounelectionre-electionelectorelectorateelectioneeringadjectiveelected ≠ unelectedelectoralelectverbelectre-electadverbelectorally
speeches and other activities that are intended to persuade people to vote for a particular person or political party
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