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    first-past-the-post

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌfirst-past-the-ˈpost adjective [only before noun] British English (abbreviation FPTP)  a first-past-the-post system of electing a politician, a government etc is one in which the person or party who gets the most votes wins 〔竞选制度〕得票最多者当选的 Britain’s first-past-the-post electoral system 英国得票最多者当选的选举制度first-past-the-post voting 得票最多者当选的投票表决
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    first-past-the-post• Under his scheme they would be elected by something close to Britain's first-past-the-post system.
    ˌfirst-past-the-ˈpost adjectiveChineseSyllable
    system of a is etc first-past-the-post electing government a Corpus politician, a


    first-past-the-post
    ˌfirst-past-the-ˈpost adjective [only before noun] British English
    a first-past-the-post system of electing a politician, a government etc is one in which the person or party who gets the most votes wins:
        Britain’s first-past-the-post electoral system
        first-past-the-post voting


    first-past-the-postBrE /ˌfɜːst ˌpɑːst ðə ˈpəʊst/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfɜːrst ˌpæst ðə ˈpoʊst/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (of a system of elections 选举体制) in which only the person who gets the most votes is elected 得票最多者当选的  ➡  compare proportional representation