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mayoralty

/mey-er-uhl-tee, mair-uhl-/US // ˈmeɪ ər əl ti, ˈmɛər əl- //UK // (ˈmɛərəltɪ) //

市长,市长制,市长职务,市长职位

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural may·or·al·ties.

    • : the office or tenure of a mayor.

Examples

  • That was Gavin Newsom, who would go on to win the mayoralty and, years later, Davis’s old job.

  • Which candidate carries this political borough may well decide who wins the mayoralty.

  • De Blasio has made universal pre-K the centerpiece of his mayoralty.

  • The prize this time is not the Democratic nomination for president but the mayoralty of Los Angeles.

  • In 2009, Castro won the mayoralty with 56 percent of the vote.

  • But as Smith has pointed out, good behavior has never been a prerequisite for the mayoralty.

  • When Gray decided to go for the mayoralty last March, Fenty was flush with cash and did not expect a challenge.

  • The town was divided into five wards, each represented by an alderman, the aldermen alone being eligible for the mayoralty.

  • Mr. Croker meant Mr. Nixon for the mayoralty; but the plotting eighteen, intriguing with Brooklyn blocked the way with Mr. Coler.

  • It was afterwards, during the mayoralty of John Baker, 1733, "new gravell'd and rail'd in a very strong and handsome manner."

  • The man I visited was one of the usual type, a man of civic honours, with the aspirations of a mayoralty, I surmised.

  • Having thus succeeded in avoiding gaol, he promptly ran for the Mayoralty, and was duly elected.