Caucus



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.政党高层会议
• ［英］ n.政党高层会议 ( a private meeting of leaders of a political party)
• ［记］ 比较:cactus ( 仙人掌)
• ［同］ 近形词: cactus ( 仙人掌)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1763
• a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy; also a group of people united to promote an agreed-upon cause

II. intransitive verb

• Date: 1788
• to meet in or hold a caucus

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