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A constituency is a specific area and the group of voters living in it who all elect one person to represent them in government — like one district that sends one member of parliament. People also use it more loosely for any group of supporters or people that someone represents or speaks for, even outside .
選區(選民所在的行政區域,選出一位代表);也可泛指「支持者群體」
組成From 'constituent' (a member of a group, or a voter in that group) + -cy (the state/area of).
同家族的字
- constituentconstituency 的字根就是 constituent(選民、組成分子)
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
constituencynoun/kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/
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governmentpoliticsA district represented by one or more elected officials.
- John was elected to parliament from the Bedford constituency.
- The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize.
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The voters within an electoral district.
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The residents of an electoral district.
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The voters of a candidate.
- people outside his usual constituency of young married couples
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An interest group or fan base.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。