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单词 electioneer
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Definition of electioneer in English:

electioneer

verb ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪəəˌlɛkʃəˈnɪr
[no object]usually as noun electioneering
  • (of a politician or political campaigner) take part actively and energetically in a campaign to be elected to public office.

    the election will not be lost or won as the result of a few weeks of electioneering
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The challenge now is for all parties to continue electioneering on issues and selling their manifestos.
    • While the public might be willing to tolerate electioneering from a candidate, the incumbent was a different matter.
    • On the other hand, parties like the ruling National Conference and Congress are more experienced in electioneering.
    • This underlying social and economic reality found direct expression in Howard's electioneering.
    • That's called electioneering, and you can't do it within 50 yards of a voting booth.
    • The run-up to this election has been low-key and characterised by a more adult attitude to electioneering.
    • Neither side should be using school computers or any other equipment or facilities for electioneering.
    • He should be told it is best not to choose an anthem written by someone who openly opposes you - it doesn't look too good when you're electioneering.
    • It has come to be thought of as a stinging insult to tell a party here that it is electioneering and politicking with the peace process.
    • But council officials have told him to remove them after receiving a complaint about using stalls for electioneering.
    • This was first of all an electioneering budget which eschewed electioneering.
    • The presence of policemen would be a boon particularly during electioneering by candidates.
    • However, political parties may be tempted to save money by electioneering from the Scottish parliament.
    • It's been the law since 1907 that you can ban corporations from electioneering.
    • Politicians are electioneering, but there's no election date.
    • I say thankfully because I'm not looking for electioneering when I tune into Bill Maher.
    • Emerging from years of exile, the leaders, both young and old, are out on the streets jumping headlong into electioneering.
    • However, US trade officials denied the timing of the complaint had been influenced by electioneering.
    • That is, that elections are as much about electioneering as they are about principle.
    • He rejected claims that the announcement a week before the polls was just another bit of government electioneering.
    Synonyms
    campaign, canvass, go on the hustings, doorstep
    British informal go out on the knocker
noun ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪəəˌlɛkʃəˈnɪr
  • A campaigning politician during an election.

    he was now a national figure and a rumbustious electioneer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Despite its democratic politics, the Confederacy did not allow ‘lawyers, electioneers, and tradesmen’ to become officers because it possessed an aristocratic temper and social constitution.
    • An affluent attorney as well as small planter, Moore campaigned as ‘a skillful electioneer [who] courted the lower stratum of society.’
    • Party electioneers know that an election held any later than the British government's selfimposed deadline of November 13 is a non-starter.
    • As we left his suite to allow him to prepare for his next meeting, Blatter engaged in the firm, sincere handshake of the seasoned electioneer.
    • This allows electioneers to bypass the media and appeal directly to voters without journalists putting their spin on the issues.
    • ‘Can anyone tell me,’ asks Gourley, a veteran mock electioneer, ‘why you don't want the polling place in the cafeteria?’
    • Along the harbor in Beaufort, North Carolina, this electioneer also paddled ‘a small row boat from vessel to vessel’ to collect the votes, though it was ‘very rough and difficult - if not dangerous - to get about as I have to do.’

Rhymes

adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre
 
 

Definition of electioneer in US English:

electioneer

verbəˌlekSHəˈnirəˌlɛkʃəˈnɪr
[no object]usually as noun electioneering
  • (of a politician or political campaigner) take part actively and energetically in the activities of an election campaign.

    the election will not be lost or won as the result of a few weeks of electioneering
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Emerging from years of exile, the leaders, both young and old, are out on the streets jumping headlong into electioneering.
    • He should be told it is best not to choose an anthem written by someone who openly opposes you - it doesn't look too good when you're electioneering.
    • That's called electioneering, and you can't do it within 50 yards of a voting booth.
    • However, US trade officials denied the timing of the complaint had been influenced by electioneering.
    • The run-up to this election has been low-key and characterised by a more adult attitude to electioneering.
    • On the other hand, parties like the ruling National Conference and Congress are more experienced in electioneering.
    • It's been the law since 1907 that you can ban corporations from electioneering.
    • Politicians are electioneering, but there's no election date.
    • Neither side should be using school computers or any other equipment or facilities for electioneering.
    • This underlying social and economic reality found direct expression in Howard's electioneering.
    • It has come to be thought of as a stinging insult to tell a party here that it is electioneering and politicking with the peace process.
    • He rejected claims that the announcement a week before the polls was just another bit of government electioneering.
    • However, political parties may be tempted to save money by electioneering from the Scottish parliament.
    • The challenge now is for all parties to continue electioneering on issues and selling their manifestos.
    • The presence of policemen would be a boon particularly during electioneering by candidates.
    • That is, that elections are as much about electioneering as they are about principle.
    • This was first of all an electioneering budget which eschewed electioneering.
    • I say thankfully because I'm not looking for electioneering when I tune into Bill Maher.
    • But council officials have told him to remove them after receiving a complaint about using stalls for electioneering.
    • While the public might be willing to tolerate electioneering from a candidate, the incumbent was a different matter.
    Synonyms
    campaign, canvass, go on the hustings, doorstep
nounəˌlekSHəˈnirəˌlɛkʃəˈnɪr
  • A campaigning politician during an election.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Despite its democratic politics, the Confederacy did not allow ‘lawyers, electioneers, and tradesmen’ to become officers because it possessed an aristocratic temper and social constitution.
    • As we left his suite to allow him to prepare for his next meeting, Blatter engaged in the firm, sincere handshake of the seasoned electioneer.
    • Party electioneers know that an election held any later than the British government's selfimposed deadline of November 13 is a non-starter.
    • Along the harbor in Beaufort, North Carolina, this electioneer also paddled ‘a small row boat from vessel to vessel’ to collect the votes, though it was ‘very rough and difficult - if not dangerous - to get about as I have to do.’
    • ‘Can anyone tell me,’ asks Gourley, a veteran mock electioneer, ‘why you don't want the polling place in the cafeteria?’
    • This allows electioneers to bypass the media and appeal directly to voters without journalists putting their spin on the issues.
    • An affluent attorney as well as small planter, Moore campaigned as ‘a skillful electioneer [who] courted the lower stratum of society.’
 
 
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