英语词汇“rotten borough”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	rotten borough
释义	Trends of rotten borough View usage for: rotten borough in British English noun (before the Reform Act of 1832) any of certain English parliamentary constituencies with only a very few electors Compare pocket borough rotten borough in American English 1. in England (before the Reform Act of 1832), a borough with only a few voters but with the right to send a representative to Parliament 2. any electoral district or political unit with greater representation than its population warrants Examples of 'rotten borough' in a sentence rotten borough It won't be enough to sit tight in a safely rotten borough. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It's not a rotten borough any more. The Sun (2015) Corruption was rife in the political scene, particularly in the rotten boroughs. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The people of Britain will not rest until this rotten borough is swept clean from top to bottom. The Sun (2008) Yet Palmerston's racehorses and his mistresses and his rotten boroughs had to be paid for. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) The assembly, too, is riddled with rotten boroughs. George Monbiot THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003) Rotten boroughs thrived (and were brilliantly lampooned in Blackadder. Times, Sunday Times (2015) As a Labour rotten borough for almost a century, there had been no need. Times, Sunday Times (2008)
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