单词electorate
n.: （一国或一地区的）全体选民
网络: 选区；全体选举人；侯国
（一国或一地区的）全体选民:
the people in a country or an area who have the right to vote, thought of as a group
【历史】选帝侯的爵位[领土]
选举区
选民(全体)
复数：electorates
n.peopleconstituency
Even if one considers something as ostensibly simple as the choice of prime minister, the electorate"s intention is not easy to discern.
即使像选总理这种貌似简单的事情，选民的意图也不容易认清。
His political philosophy, known as Jacksonian democracy, helped solidify a strong executive branch and expand the electorate.
其政治哲学被称为杰克逊式民主，它帮助巩固了一个强大的行政部门，扩展了选民范围。
Among the general electorate, it was the incendiary issue that failed to incense.
在全部的选区中，这是一个没有被引发的煽动性问题。
But a brittle government under strong pressure from its electorate and military may struggle to survive if it frees Raymond Davis.
但根据其选民和军事的强大压力脆政府可能为生存而挣扎，如果它释放雷蒙德戴维斯。
The new President said he would try to justify the trust the electorate had placed in him.
新总统说他将尽力证明选民们所给予他的信任。
In early 1982 the economy began to recover and, with it, the prime minister"s standing among the electorate.
1982年初，英国经济开始复苏。撒切尔在选民心中的地位也随之上升。
Take a political step forward, and if the electorate does not notice then take the ground gained as the starting point for the next advance.
在政治上向前迈出一步，如果选民们没有察觉，就把已经获得的成绩当作出发点，再迈出下一步。
Once the electorate shifts in favour of a candidate, as it seems to have done over the last few weeks, it seldom moves again, they said.
他们说，一旦全体选民转而支持一个候选人，就好象前几周发生的那样，那么他们就很少再变了。
Such a trend, if true, would be an encouraging sign of a maturing electorate.
这种趋势，如果属实，将是令人鼓舞的选民成熟的迹象。
It thought Mr Prokhorov could be useful in neutralising the vocal liberal voters that constitute up to 15% of the total electorate.
自由派选民占总选民的15%普罗霍罗夫却可以中和这部分选民的声音。