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单词 unelected
释义
unelectedun‧e‧lect‧ed /ˌʌnɪˈlektɪd◂/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • the British Parliament's unelected House of Lords
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A randomly selected redistricting committee would leave the real power, again, with unelected staff.
  • A small point in a big-city operation, but one more shift of responsibility from elected officials to the unelected bureaucracy.
  • All the added power to be granted county government by this charter proposal will accrue to an unelected staff.
  • Elected Governments find that they have to share their power with unelected bodies ... Events are seemingly beyond their control.
  • However, unelected, time limited, hierarchical agencies have played an important role in central government initiatives to solve social problems.
  • In effect, Congress repeatedly gave away a sizable chunk of power to the unelected civil servants who staff federal agencies.
  • In other words, an unelected body decides what it will consider.
  • We break that trust by handing over power to unelected people without any mechanism for changing their decisions.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounelectionre-electionelectorelectorateelectioneeringadjectiveelected ≠ unelectedelectoralelectverbelectre-electadverbelectorally
someone who is unelected has a position of power although they were not elected – often used to show disapproval
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