释义
noun a year without a major, especially presidential, election.
a year marked by reduced or inferior production or activity in a particular field, as farming, business, or sports: With its wet, cold summer, this was an off year for grapes.
Origin of off year First recorded in 1870–75
OTHER WORDS FROM off year off-year, adjective Words nearby off year off-topic, offtrack, off-trail, off-white, Off with her head! Off with his head!, off year , off-year election, Ofgas, Ofgem, Of Human Bondage, Ofili
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Example sentences from the Web for off year The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise | Jason Berry| January 3, 2015| DAILY BEAST
So far, Ready for Hillary's foray into off-year elections is mixed.
Ready for Hillary Super PAC Throws In for 2014 Midterms | David Freedlander| March 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But, in an off-year special election those patterns might not hold.
Florida’s Midterm Warm Up | Ben Jacobs| March 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Canter acknowledges that the Democrats talk about “field” in every off-year election.
Democrats’ Best Weapon for Midterms: Fear of a Red Senate | Michael Tomasky| February 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Instead, the off-year had elections of less political significance but scandals that were a lot more fun.
Rob Ford and the Sleaziest Pols of the Year | Ben Jacobs| December 28, 2013| DAILY BEAST
At the present time the Red Astrachans are ripe and the two off-year branches are fairly well loaded with magnificent apples.
In Pastures Green | Peter McArthur
Every President in the off-year election urges the election of a Congress of his own party.
Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements | Frank B. Lord and James William Bryan
By the latter system the ploughing is done in the off-year, and the land left a naked fallow.
A Report on Washington Territory | William Henry Ruffner
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