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by-election

/bahy-i-lek-shuhn/US // ˈbaɪ ɪˌlɛk ʃən //

补选,补选举,补缺,补票

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.

Examples

  • Bush busy engaging constituents on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate ahead of the 2004 presidential election.

  • Just 47 percent of Asian-Americans voted in the 2012 presidential election.

  • The election of 1964 produced the most liberal Congress since the Democratic landslide of 1936.

  • The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.

  • In 1989, a newly registered Republican in Louisiana named David Duke won his only election by a fluke.

  • All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."

  • Election of representatives from New York to consider the federal constitution held.

  • John was baptizing at a large pool called Ænon-by-Saleim,—probably allegorical, meaning “Fountain of Repose.”

  • The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.

  • The Colonel left, and in a few days the election coming off, each candidate made his appearance at the critical German polls.