| 释义 |
▪ I. electioneer, v.|ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪə(r)|
[f. election + -eer1, prob. after auctioneer-ing.]
intr. To busy oneself in (political) elections.
1789T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 580 All the world here is occupied in electioneering, in choosing or being chosen. 1802M. Edgeworth Rosanna iii, Those underlings delight in galloping round the country to electioneer. 1836R. P. Smith Col. Crockett's Exploits & Adv. 11 For this reason he came out openly to electioneer against me. 1843‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase xviii. 139 Numbers go to see their neighbours, or to hear the news, and not a few to electioneer. a1922C. C. Andrews Recoll. (1928) 185 Soldiers have electioneered to some extent for different candidates.
▪ II. electioneer, n.|ɪlɛkʃəˈnɪə(r)|
[f. election + -eer, after auctioneer, etc.]
= electioneerer.
1848J. R. Lowell Biglow P. 1st Ser. vi. 77, I du believe hard coin the stuff Fer 'lectioneers to spout on. 1895Pall Mall Gaz. 26 July 8/1 In the Yorkshire Constituencies. The Champion Electioneer. 1905Jrnl. Educ. Apr. 272/2 To secure that the professorship shall not necessarily go to the most successful electioneer. 1928Daily Express 11 Oct. 11/1 The Liberal electioneers at once denounced it as a ‘Tory trick’. |
