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单词 rotten borough
分类 英汉词典
释义
词典释义:
rotten borough
英 [ˈrɒt(ə)n ˈbʌrə]
美 [ˈrɑtn ˈbəroʊ]

n. 腐败选区

双语例句
  • Oddly, though, the shareholders in American companies are like the disenfranchised citizens of a rotten borough.

    然而奇怪的是,美国公司的众股东却像是有名无实选区里被剥夺了投票权的居民。

释义
n.

Brit. historical a borough that was able to elect an MP though having very few voters, the choice of MP typically being in the hands of one person or family

〈英,史〉 腐败选区(虽然选民寥寥无几但仍能选举议员的选区,议员的选举通常被一个人或一个家族所控制)。

词源

" so named because the borough was found to have ‘decayed' to the point of no longer having a constituency."

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