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单词 safe seat
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Word forms: plural safe seats
countable noun
In politics, a safe seat is an area in which the candidate from one particular party nearly always wins by a large number of votes.
[British]
...the young and brilliant Anthony Blair first lost his deposit at Beaconsfield,and then secured the safe seat of Sedgefield.
The constituency I live in is a safe Labour seat.

safe seat in British English

noun
a Parliamentary seat that at an election is sure to be held by the same party as held it before

Examples of 'safe seat' in a sentence
safe seat

Selection matters far more than election in safe seats.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Senior party figures had regarded the constituency as a safe seat just hours before the result arrived.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The alternative vote will not reduce the number of safe seats.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I live in a constituency with a safe seat.
The Sun (2009)
I live in a safe seat, as do large numbers of voters.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
One Tory councillor predicted a rough ride for an MP judged by some to have taken his safe seat for granted.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
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