学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3529 manifesto

 今天我们要学的词是 manifesto¹.

 

manifesto的意思是宣言，尤其是政党的宣言。  

 

The manifesto of Prime Minister Modi's political party, which won by a landslide² in the general election last year, promised a national registry. But Modi backed away from it after pressure mounted with the protests against the citizenship³ law. 印度总理莫迪的政党在去年的大选中获得压倒性胜利，该政党的竞选宣言承诺要进行全国登记。但是随着对公民法的抗议带来的压力越来越大，莫迪不再坚持这一主张。

 

1 manifesto   

n.宣言，声明

参考例句：

• I was involved in the preparation of Labour's manifesto.我参与了工党宣言的起草工作。
• His manifesto promised measures to protect them.他在宣言里保证要为他们采取保护措施。

2 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

3 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。