electoral college
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++eˌlectoral ˈcollege noun the Electoral College a group of people chosen by the votes of the people in each US state, who come together to elect the president, or a similar group in other countries 〔由美国各州人民选出的代表组成的〕总统选举团；〔其他国家的〕领袖选举团
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electoral college• This leaves 143 electoral college votes in 14 swing states undecided.• Outdated voting mechanisms, a decentralised, idiosyncratic procedure, and the archaic electoral college have received comment.• Since the trade union votes count for 40 percent of the local electoral college, Mr Davies was declared the nominee.• As the rule book insists, 12 weeks will elapse before the electoral college is convened.• But in the electoral college, Kennedy won by a comfortable 303 votes to 219 votes for Nixon.• If the system had been built on popular votes rather than the electoral college, each would have pursued a different strategy.• This electoral college system must be scrapped.eˌlectoral ˈcollege nounChineseSyllable
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electoral college
eˌlectoral ˈcollege
noun
the Electoral College a group of people chosen by the votes of the people in each US state, who come together to elect the President, or a similar group in other countries
eˌlectoral ˈcollege
nounthe Electoral College a group of people chosen by the votes of the people in each US state, who come together to elect the President, or a similar group in other countries