caucus
美音:
[´kɔkəs
]英音:
[´kɔkəs
]n.(政党的)领导人秘密会议,核心小组会议 vi.举行或参加政党领导层秘密的预备会议
难易程度:
caucus为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词复数:caucuses 动词过去式:caucused/caucussed 过去分词:caucused/caucussed 现在分词:caucusing/caucussing 第三人称单数:caucuses/caucusses
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caucus
/'kɔ:kəs; `kɔkəs/
n [CGp] (sometimes derog 有时作贬义)
1 (meeting of the) parliamentary members of a particular political party or any other legislature 政党或立法机关的议会成员(的会议).
2 (US) (meeting of the) members or leaders of a particular political party to choose candidates, decide policy, etc 政党的决策干部(的会议).
3 local organizing committee of a political party, which decides policy, etc 政党的地方决策委员会.
caucus
n[C]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Probably from an Algonquian language]
a meeting of the members of a political party to choose people to represent them in a larger meeting, election etc
AmE an organized group of people who have similar aims or interests, especially political ones
the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus