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

pocket borough

noun

(In the UK) a borough in which the election of political representatives was controlled by one person or family. Such boroughs were abolished by the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1867.True, the Tories lost ground significantly at the 1715 general election, but in pocket boroughs rather than in counties and popular urban constituencies....

A third of MPs were elected to ‘pocket boroughs’, nominated by a handful of rich landed aristocrats.
He was elected in 1807 for a pocket borough in the Isle of Wight and subsequently represented Cambridge University 1811-31, Bletchingley 1831-2, Hampshire South 1832-4, and Tiverton 1835-65.

单词	pocket borough
释义	pocket borough noun (In the UK) a borough in which the election of political representatives was controlled by one person or family. Such boroughs were abolished by the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1867.True, the Tories lost ground significantly at the 1715 general election, but in pocket boroughs rather than in counties and popular urban constituencies.... A third of MPs were elected to ‘pocket boroughs’, nominated by a handful of rich landed aristocrats. He was elected in 1807 for a pocket borough in the Isle of Wight and subsequently represented Cambridge University 1811-31, Bletchingley 1831-2, Hampshire South 1832-4, and Tiverton 1835-65.
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