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

Any activities connected with a political campaign or election — speeches, debates, and so on — can be called hustings. Presidential candidates often spend more than a year on the hustings.

In the US, hustings are typically called "stumping" or "being on the stump." Hustings is more likely to be used in the UK and Canada to describe campaigning. An event at which candidates address voters or debate each other can be called hustings, and you can also say that a candidate is "on the hustings." The word comes from an Old Norse word, husðing, "council," from the roots hus, or "house," and ðing, "assembly."

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hustings

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Businessman Mr Rees-Evans stormed out of a hustings meeting in Newport earlier this month claiming he had been asked not to "rock the boat".

BBC(Nov 20, 2016)

Yet Trump has compared his campaign to Brexit and even invited Farrage to join him on the hustings in August in Mississippi.

Seattle Times(Nov 10, 2016)

Introducing the first official hustings of UKIP's leadership contest, chairman Paul Oakden reflected that it had been a "challenging few weeks" for his party.

BBC(Nov 01, 2016)

n the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)

Hyper

campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign

the campaign of a candidate to be elected

单词	hustings
释义	hustings (once / 9336 pages) n Any activities connected with a political campaign or election — speeches, debates, and so on — can be called hustings. Presidential candidates often spend more than a year on the hustings. In the US, hustings are typically called "stumping" or "being on the stump." Hustings is more likely to be used in the UK and Canada to describe campaigning. An event at which candidates address voters or debate each other can be called hustings, and you can also say that a candidate is "on the hustings." The word comes from an Old Norse word, husðing, "council," from the roots hus, or "house," and ðing, "assembly." WORD FAMILY hustings USAGE EXAMPLES Businessman Mr Rees-Evans stormed out of a hustings meeting in Newport earlier this month claiming he had been asked not to "rock the boat". BBC(Nov 20, 2016) Yet Trump has compared his campaign to Brexit and even invited Farrage to join him on the hustings in August in Mississippi. Seattle Times(Nov 10, 2016) Introducing the first official hustings of UKIP's leadership contest, chairman Paul Oakden reflected that it had been a "challenging few weeks" for his party. BBC(Nov 01, 2016) n the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) Hyper campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign the campaign of a candidate to be elected
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