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caucus n.干部会议；政党高层会议vi.开干部会议 (1) 召集干部会议，召开干部会议(2) 集合选票，拉选票集合或拉（组织委员会成员）选票(3) 它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。(4) 他们希望支持者能在周四被他们召集起来。(5) 每两周一次的午餐会报，众金钗在进食间谈笑风生。 Who knows how we got the noun caucus? One theory is that it comes from an Algonquin word that means an elder or leader of the tribe. Another theory is that the word comes from a social and political club in Boston in the 1700s that was perhaps named for the Greek word for drinking cup. However the word slipped into American English, today it refers to a closed political meeting, often used to choose party leaders.

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英 ['kɔːkəs] 美 ['kɔːkəs] (1) To assemble in or hold a caucus.(2) To assemble or canvass(members of a caucus).(3) It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.(4) They're hoping supporters will caucus for them on Thursday.(5) Caucus members laugh and talk at one of their biweekly luncheon meetings. The noun caucus is a closed meeting of members from the same political party. The Iowa caucuses get a lot of attention during the presidential primary season. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](组织内部的)实力派，帮派，小集团 A caucus is a group of people within an organization who share similar aims and interests or who have a lot of influence.   [FORMAL 正式]...the Black Caucus of minority congressmen.少数派议员中的黑人集团

英语单词	caucus
英美音标	英 ['kɔːkəs] 美 ['kɔːkəs]
中文释义	n.干部会议；政党高层会议 vi.开干部会议
英语例句	(1) To assemble in or hold a caucus. (2) To assemble or canvass(members of a caucus). (3) It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting. (4) They're hoping supporters will caucus for them on Thursday. (5) Caucus members laugh and talk at one of their biweekly luncheon meetings.
中文例句	(1) 召集干部会议，召开干部会议 (2) 集合选票，拉选票集合或拉（组织委员会成员）选票 (3) 它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。 (4) 他们希望支持者能在周四被他们召集起来。 (5) 每两周一次的午餐会报，众金钗在进食间谈笑风生。
vocabulary简明	The noun caucus is a closed meeting of members from the same political party. The Iowa caucuses get a lot of attention during the presidential primary season.
vocabulary扩展	Who knows how we got the noun caucus? One theory is that it comes from an Algonquin word that means an elder or leader of the tribe. Another theory is that the word comes from a social and political club in Boston in the 1700s that was perhaps named for the Greek word for drinking cup. However the word slipped into American English, today it refers to a closed political meeting, often used to choose party leaders.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](组织内部的)实力派，帮派，小集团 A caucus is a group of people within an organization who share similar aims and interests or who have a lot of influence. [FORMAL 正式] ...the Black Caucus of minority congressmen. 少数派议员中的黑人集团

Caucus Word Political Assemble Members Noun Closed Lot