单词 | rotten borough |
释义 | rotten boroughnoun British historical A borough that was able to elect an MP despite having very few voters, the choice of MP typically being in the hands of one person or family.The city's convoluted electoral system is riddled with rotten boroughs, giving some corporate voters 4,000 times more punch than the votes of ordinary citizens....
OriginSo named because the borough was found to have ‘decayed’ to the point of no longer having a constituency. |
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