单词	electorate
释义	electoratee‧lec‧to‧rate /ɪˈlektərət/ ●○○ noun [singular] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He has been accused of misleading the electorate. Research has shown that thirty percent of the electorate have still not decided how they will vote. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All referendums so far have failed to reach the required majority, although more than half the electorate voted in favour. But 26m voters, or 69 % of the electorate, abstained. Hence the relationship between members of the Congress and their local electorate is much less affected by national party considerations. Low rents are seen as a form of bribery of the electorate. Nor will it do so in countries where genuine political democracy is firmly established and the electorate will no longer support the objectives. Seventy-two percent of the electorate decided to voice an opinion. The electorate of the capital, Titograd, also voted to reinstate the city's old name of Podgorica. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who votes► voter someone who votes in a political election: · Italian voters have shown that they are ready for a change of government.Republican/Labour etc voters: · There is disappointment among Labour voters that the party has not done more to help traditional industries. ► electorate all the people who can vote in a country or area: · Research has shown that thirty percent of the electorate have still not decided how they will vote.· He has been accused of misleading the electorate. WORD SETS► Citizenship banish, verbbill of rights, nounbirthright, nounburgher, nouncrown colony, noundefect, verbdemocracy, noundeport, verbdeportee, noundisplaced person, nounelectorate, noungreen card, nounID, nounID card, nounidentification, nounidentity card, nounillegal, nounillegal immigrant, nounimmigration, nounnational, nounnationality, nounnon-resident, nounpatriot, nounpublic, adjectiverefugee, nounregister, verbrepatriate, verbsponsor, nounstateless, adjectivesubject, nounvassal, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► local · Hence the relationship between members of the Congress and their local electorate is much less affected by national party considerations.· This would make local councils properly accountable to their local electorates. ► small · No constituency should be allowed to have an extraordinarily small electorate on the pretext that it comprises widely dispersed and isolated communities.· This results in a tendency for rural constituencies to have smaller electorates than urban constituencies. ► total · The total electorate was 12,319,787 and the turnout was 75 percent.· There was a turnout of 4,892,242 or 63.15 percent of the total electorate.· Turnout: 86 percent of total electorate of 5,600,000.· A vote in favour of secession would be carried subject to a two-thirds majority of the republic's total electorate. Word family WORD FAMILYnounelectionre-electionelectorelectorateelectioneeringadjectiveelected ≠ unelectedelectoralelectverbelectre-electadverbelectorally all the people in a country who have the right to vote:  A majority of the electorate oppose the law.
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