基本解釋（英國1832年前）有名無實的選區(qū)同根派生 rotten borough相關詞英漢例句Oddly, though, the shareholders in American companies are like the disenfranchised citizens of a rotten borough. 然而奇怪的是，美國公司的眾股東卻像是有名無實選區(qū)里被剝奪了投票權的居民。The puritans, he says, forget that Las Vegas's economy relies on another kind of vice: "To many people, it's just a rotten borough anyway. 他說，清教徒們忘記了拉斯維加斯的經(jīng)濟得依賴另外一種惡習：”對很多人而言，這里只是一個爛地方。IN AMERICA you can usually count on people to stand up for their rights. Oddly, though, the shareholders in American companies are like the disenfranchised citizens of a rotten borough. 在美國，你經(jīng)?？梢钥吹饺藗?yōu)榱司S護自身權利挺身而出。然而奇怪的是，美國公司的眾股東卻像是有名無實選區(qū)里被剝奪了投票權的居民。This is more the politics of 18th-century English rotten boroughs than a mature modern democracy, though there were a few suitably modern touches this year. 與其說它是現(xiàn)代成熟的民主，還不如說是18世紀英國的“腐敗選區(qū)”。今年即使增添了一些現(xiàn)代氣息，也還是無濟于事。He struck off the rotten branches with an axe. 他用斧頭砍掉了朽爛的樹枝。rotten borough更多例句英英字典柯林斯英英字典 (before the Reform Act of 1832) any of certain English parliamentary constituencies with only a very few electors (1832) &rarrcompare pocket borough rotten borough劍橋字典rotten borough柯林斯字典專業(yè)釋義歷史學(1832年《改革法案》通過前的)腐敗選區(qū)(指選民很少但仍在議會占有議席的選區(qū))