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单词 logrolling
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Definition of logrolling in English:

logrolling

nounˈlɒɡrəʊlɪŋ
mass nounNorth American
  • 1informal The practice of exchanging favours, especially in politics by reciprocal voting for each other's proposed legislation.

    they have gained leverage on Capitol Hill by a talent for political logrolling
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Network distribution is a game of logrolling and leverage.
    • It is also likely that developed countries will try to push for more new items in the agenda, not necessarily for their own merit, but for eventual logrolling to negotiate down counter-demands by the developing countries.
    • In game-theoretic terminology, this sets their ‘discount parameter’ to a high value and encourages political logrolling.
    • No matter how huge the benefits are, the regulation loses, unless you can get some legislative compromise or logrolling.
    • There are just too many examples of Republican sell-outs and cop-outs and logrolling over liberty.
    • The scramble is on to get projects onto lists for a coming logrolling of epic proportions.
  • 2A sport in which two contestants stand on a floating log and try to knock each other off by spinning it with their feet.

Derivatives

  • logroller

  • noun
    North American
 
 

Definition of logrolling in US English:

logrolling

noun
North American
  • 1informal The practice of exchanging favors, especially in politics by reciprocal voting for each other's proposed legislation.

    they have gained leverage on Capitol Hill by a talent for political logrolling
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are just too many examples of Republican sell-outs and cop-outs and logrolling over liberty.
    • In game-theoretic terminology, this sets their ‘discount parameter’ to a high value and encourages political logrolling.
    • No matter how huge the benefits are, the regulation loses, unless you can get some legislative compromise or logrolling.
    • The scramble is on to get projects onto lists for a coming logrolling of epic proportions.
    • It is also likely that developed countries will try to push for more new items in the agenda, not necessarily for their own merit, but for eventual logrolling to negotiate down counter-demands by the developing countries.
    • Network distribution is a game of logrolling and leverage.
  • 2A sport in which two contestants stand on a floating log and try to knock each other off by spinning it with their feet.

 
 
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