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单词 rotten borough
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
rotten borough, 
    1. World History(before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament.
    2. World Historyan election district that has more representatives in a legislative body than the number of its constituents would normally call for.
    • 1805–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rotten borough n
  1. (before the Reform Act of 1832) any of certain English parliamentary constituencies with only a very few electors
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