单词 | labour candidate |
释义 | > as lemmaslabour candidate labour candidate n. (chiefly with capital initial) (in early use) a political candidate representing the general body of labourers or workers (see sense 10b); (later) a candidate representing an organized political Labour Party (see Labour Party n.). ΚΠ 1870 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 13 Feb. 6/4 London Alderman (who is now a candidate for Southwark against the Labour candidate). 1893 H. F. McLelland Jack & Beanstalk 16 You'd make a good Labour Candidate. 1963 J. Blondel Voters, Parties, & Leaders v. 136 Labour candidates are mainly drawn from the middle and lower middle classes. 2004 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 4 July 91 She found that the values of Coalition candidates are much closer to the people who vote for them than Labor candidates are to Labor voters. < as lemmas |
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