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A by-election is a vote to fill one empty seat, not a big election for the whole country. It happens when someone in the group that makes the laws leaves early — they die, they quit, or they take another job. Only that one place votes again; the other seats stay as they are. People in Britain and in countries that follow British say by-election; in the United States the usual name is special election. It sounds like news English, a little careful. Papers watch by-elections closely, because they can show if the government is losing friends. Though actually it is a real election, not a practice run and not a small local poll with no meaning — it is just for one place, at an odd time.
by-election 指為了填補一個空缺席位而舉行的選舉，不是全國大選。通常是立法機關的某位成員去世、辭職或離開，只有那一個地方重新投票，其他席位不變。英國及依循英式政治的國家多用這個說法，美國則常說「special election」。它偏新聞用語，報紙會密切觀察，因為補選能顯示執政黨是否失去支持。它是真正的選舉，只是規模小、時間不尋常。
From the word’s history
From by- 'secondary' + election.
由 by-（附帶的、次要的）加 election（選舉）組成。
組成by- (side, extra, not the main one) + election (the vote that chooses a person for a job).
同家族的字
- electionthe second half: choosing someone by voting
- by-productsame by- meaning extra / not the main thing
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
by-electionnoun
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An election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections.
- Coordinate term: general election
- In 2015, he was selected as candidate for that year's by-election for the Oldham West and Royton seat. He won with 62% of the vote.
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