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manifesto

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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man·i·fes·to /ˌmænəˈfestəʊ $ -toʊ/ noun (plural manifestos) [countable]  PPPa written statement by a political party, saying what they believe in and what they intend to do 宣言 the Labour Party’s election manifesto 工党的竞选宣言 The Tories are due to publish their manifesto tomorrow. 保守党将于明天发表他们的宣言。
Examples from the Corpus
manifestoWhat part of the 1987 manifesto is still in place?To have our position explained and clearly stated in the form of a manifesto would be very good indeed.the Communist manifestoWill the Government endorse that manifesto?The manifesto for the 1982 Assembly elections has fifteen paragraphs.It's not in their manifesto.Was it a Government commitment which was part of their manifesto?Two weeks before the deadline, the Conservatives published their manifesto.As the Tory manifesto boasts, there are 18 mini-charters, covering health, public transport, education, local government and so on.
Origin manifesto (1600-1700) Italian manifestare to show, from Latin manifestus; → MANIFEST2
man·i·fes·to nounChineseSyllable
party, political Corpus saying a written statement a by what


manifesto
manifesto /ˌmænəˈfestəʊ, ˌmænɪˈfestəʊ $ -toʊ/ noun (plural manifestos) [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Italian
 Origin: manifestare 'to show', from Latin manifestus; manifest2
a written statement by a political party, saying what they believe in and what they intend to do:
    the Labour Party’s election manifesto
    The Tories are due to publish their manifesto tomorrow.


mani·festoBrE /ˌmænɪˈfestəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmænɪˈfestoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
mani·festos
)
a written statement in which a group of people, especially a political party, explain their beliefs and say what they will do if they win an election 宣言an election manifesto竞选宣言the party manifesto政党宣言

candidate, constituency, contest, democracy, election, majority, manifesto, poll, referendum, swing vote