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hustings

音標['h?sti?z] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 議員竟選演說壇, 講台
【法】 選舉程式, 議員競選演說場, 地方法院

英文解釋:

名詞 hustings:

  1. the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)

例句:

  1. A veteran of the hustings.
    選舉活動的老手
  2. A candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt.
    到大農耕帶發表演說的競選者
  3. And I was among a great chorus out on the hustings speaking out against this consistent and constant deficit spending.
    我與一大夥人在競選台上,一致聲言反對[政府]習以為常的赤字開支。

詳細解釋:


hust.ings

pl.n.(used with a sing. or pl. verb)(複數名詞)(與單數或複數動詞連用)

A place where political campaign speeches are made:
選舉演說的場地:發表政治運動演說的地方:
例句:
a candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt.
到大農耕帶發表演說的競選者

The activities involved in political campaigning:
選舉活動:在政治競選運動中採取的行動:
例句:
a veteran of the hustings.
選舉活動的老手

Chiefly British A court formerly held in some English cities and still held infrequently in London.
【多用於英國 (英)地方法院:曾經在英格蘭某些城市開設的法庭,現在仍不定期地在倫敦開設
Chiefly British
【多用於英國】
A platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood to address the electors.
競選講壇:競選議員者發表演說的講壇
The proceedings of a parliamentary election.
議會選舉的程式

來源:
From Middle English husting [court of common pleas]
源自 中古英文 husting [高等民事法庭]
from Old English sting [court]
源自 古英文 sting [法庭]
from Old Norse sthing
源自 古斯堪的納維亞語 sthing
s [house]
s [房屋]
thing [assembly]
thing [集會]

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