hustings
英 ['hʌstɪŋz]
美 ['hʌstɪŋz]
hustings 竞选集会，竞选活动来自古英语husting,会议，集会，审讯，来自古诺斯语husthing,议会，会议，hus,屋子，thing,古义集会，会议。原为古诺斯人首领集会的会议，后引申词义竞选集会，竞选活动。参照电影《驯龙记》。
- hustings (n.)
- Old English husting "meeting, court, tribunal," from Old Norse husðing "council," from hus "house" (see house (n.)) + ðing "assembly" (see thing); so called because it was a meeting of the men who formed the "household" of a nobleman or king. The native Anglo-Saxon word for this was folc-gemot. The plural became the usual form c. 1500; sense of "temporary platform for political speeches" developed by 1719, apparently from London's Court of Hustings, presided over by the Lord Mayor, which was held on a platform in the Guildhall. This sense broadened to encompass the whole election process.
- 1. Most candidates will be out on the hustings this week.
- 大多数候选人本星期将进行竞选活动。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. With only days to go before elections in Pakistan, candidates are battling it out at the hustings.
- 离巴基斯坦大选只有几天的时间了，各候选人正在竞选活动上一决胜负。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. And I was among a great chorus out on the hustings speaking out against this consistent and constant deficIt'spending.
- 我与一大伙人在竞选台上,一致声言反对习以为常的赤字开支.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. And I was among a great chorus out on the hustings speaking out against this consistent and constant deficit spending.
- 我与一大伙人在竞选台上，一致声言反对习以为常的赤字开支。
来自辞典例句
- 5. Most politicians will be at / on the hustings in the coming week.
- 大多数政治家将在下周展开竞选活动.
来自辞典例句
