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单词 overall majority
释义
overall majorityˌoverall maˈjority noun [countable] British English Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Before hearing the poll results, Mr Major and Mr Kinnock voiced their confidence that they would win with an overall majority.
  • If Labour took all 42, it would still be 13 seats short of an overall majority.
  • Ladbrokes are offering 55-1 against Party Politics winning today and Labour having an overall majority in the election.
  • More than double, 65 percent, would prefer the Tories or Labour to have an overall majority.
  • The Conservatives won 330 seats, against 287 for Labour, and an overall majority of 30.
  • The government was elected in October 1974 with an overall majority of three.
  • The Tories therefore would fall 12 seats short of an overall majority.
  • To have an overall majority a party needs to win 326 seats.
word sets
WORD SETS
abstain, verbabstention, nounadopt, verbballot, nounballot box, nounballot paper, nounblackball, verbby-election, nouncasting vote, nouncloture, nounconstituency, nounconstituent, noundeliver, verbdeposit, noundeselect, verbdisenfranchise, verbdisfranchise, verbdivision, noundoorstep, verbdream ticket, nounelect, verbelection, nounelectioneering, nounelective, adjectiveelector, nounelectoral, adjectiveelectoral register, nounelectorate, nounenfranchise, verbexit poll, nounfloating voter, nounfranchise, noungeneral election, nounhung parliament, nounlobby, nounmajority, nounmotion, nounno, nounoff-year, nounopen primary, nounoutvote, verboverall majority, nounplebiscite, nounplurality, nounpocket veto, nounpoint of order, nounpoll, nounpolling, nounpolling booth, nounpolling day, nounpolling station, nounpollster, nounPR, nounprimary, nounprimary election, nounproportional representation, nounpsephology, nounrecount, nounre-elect, verbreferendum, nounresolution, nounresolve, verbreturn, verbreturning officer, nounrig, verbrun, verbrun-off, nounscrutineer, nounshow of hands, nounslate, nounsplit ticket, nounspoil, verbsponsor, nounsponsor, verbstalking horse, nounstraight ticket, nounstraw poll, nounstronghold, nounsuffrage, nountactical voting, nounteller, nounthree-line whip, nounvote, verbvote of censure, nounvote of confidence, nounvote of no confidence, nounvoter, nounvoting machine, nounward, nounwrite-in, nounX, nounyea, nounyes, noun
1more votes than all the other political parties together:  The Conservatives had a huge overall majority in the House of Commons.2the difference between the number of votes gained by the winning party and the total votes gained by all the other parties:  an overall majority of 28
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