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caucus

/kaw-kuhs/US // ˈkɔ kəs //UK // (ˈkɔːkəs) //

党团,党团组织,党团员,核心小组

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n.名词 noun
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    plural cau·cus·es.

    • : U.S. Politics. a local meeting of party members to select candidates, elect convention delegates, etc.a meeting of party members within a legislative body to select leaders and determine strategy.a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process: the Women's Caucus; the Black Caucus.
    • : any group or meeting organized to further a special interest or cause.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to hold or meet in a caucus.
v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to bring up or hold for discussion in a caucus: The subject was caucused.
    • : to bring together or poll in a caucus: The paper caucused its new editorial board on Friday.The chairman caucused the water pollution committee before making recommendations.

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Examples

  • For the first nine months of 2019, Pelosi also stood firm against liberals’ calls to impeach the president, even after a majority of her caucus demanded his ouster – all in the name of her frontliners.

  • She reportedly urged her caucus members not to be a “cheap date.”

  • While she didn’t vote for the nuclear bailout bill at the heart of the Householder bribery scandal, 10 Democrats, more than a quarter of her caucus, did.

  • Alexander Dobrindt, the deputy caucus leader and a member of the Bavarian branch of Merkel’s bloc, demanded new EU sanctions against Russia.

  • The virtual caucus had 5,390 page views from 3,050 unique devices, a spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee told the Blade.

  • Pat Robertson finished second in the 1988 Iowa caucus, and it was all downhill from there.

  • In 2008 and 2012, Huckabee and Santorum, respectively won the Iowa Caucus, but did not make it to the finish line.

  • Both are considered marginal figures in the House GOP caucus and have no real base of support for their respective bids.

  • Also this week, he keynoted a fundraiser for Progress Iowa, an influential liberal group in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.

  • The House caucus appears to be far more populist, feisty, and ready to push the debate on economic issues than it has in the past.

  • He represents that vast army of electors whom neither canvasser nor caucus has ever yet cajoled or bullied into a polling-booth.

  • On the night before the Freeport debate the question had also been considered in a hurried caucus of Lincoln's party friends.

  • At a signal from the President of the Senate, a military band hidden in one of the caucus rooms began to play the national anthem.

  • He had not taken his degrees in the caucus and in hack politics.

  • A caucus of imperial rulers was held at which the Emperor of Germany presided.