| 词汇 | political machine |
| 释义 | political machinePolitics poˌlitical maˈchine noun [singular] American EnglishAmEPP the system used by people with the same political interests to make sure that political decisions give advantages to themselves or to their group 政治机器〔指政治利益相同的人为确保政治决策给自身或所在团体带来好处而采用的体制〕 the Chicago mayor’s political machine 芝加哥市长的政治机器 Examples from the Corpus political machine• This is deadly for a political machine that lives through patronage.• But there are also those who suggest that the mayor has created his own, discreet, Chicago political machine.• By creating the ethnically balanced ticket, something new, he put together the most powerful political machine in Chicago history.• But as long as we bear these limitations in mind we can, to some extent, assess the muscle of the political machine.• Some writers have suggested that they solve the problem of the powerlessness of the individual in relation to the political machine. |
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