单词 | power base |
释义 | > as lemmaspower base power base n. a source of authority, influence, or support, esp. in politics or negotiations. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > source of power power base1929 powerhead1933 1929 Amer. Econ. Rev. 19 121 Questions of the power base of our industries and of its organization..are going to come up against our policies of unlimited individualism, [etc.] 1943 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 8 52/2 He must seek a power-base which is not controlled by them. 1976 Encounter June 79/2 Franco passed on without ever heeding the advice of his more intelligent supporters, who urged him to prepare his successor a power-base at the centre of the political spectrum. 1991 R. B. Parkinson Voices from Anc. Egypt 11 The infiltration of foreigners into the eastern delta culminated in a culturally distinct powerbase there. < as lemmas |
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