【caucus】 - SAT备考词汇

caucus

UK:  ['kɔːkəs]

US:  ['kɔkəs]

复数：caucuses  过去分词：caucused  现在分词：caucusing  

v.

1.召开[参加]干部(秘密)会议;召开[参加]核心会议

n.

1.〔美国〕(政党等的)干部会议;秘密会议;核心小组;〔英国〕(政党等)竞选指导委员会

2.决策会议

1 . Democrats in Texas held a smaller caucus as well as a primary, which Mr Obama appeared to have won along with a primary in Vermont.
得克萨斯州的民主党人举行了一场规模较小的预备会议和一场初选，奥巴马先生在赢得佛蒙特州初选的同时，似乎对这两场活动也是胜券在握。

2 . His mother also took him to see a psychiatrist, says Nelson Chen, 39, founder of the Gay &Lesbian Political Caucus in Taiwan.
39岁的来自台湾的尼森·陈（台湾同性恋亲友组织的创建人）声称自己也曾被母亲带去看心理医生。

3 . We were supportive of pay-as-you-go rules in committee. . . and I'm going to encourage my caucus to be responsible about this on the floor.
我们以前在委员会中支持‘用什么付什么’的规则……我会鼓励我的团队在议会对这一规则负责。

4 . Chen, of Minchuan University. Winning 5% of the legislative seats which will allow the party to set up a caucus, said the professor.
陈朝建说，亲民党若赢得5%的立法院席位，将可在立法院成立自己的党团机构。

5 . The caucus should be a forum in which MPs felt they had a right to raise issues in an open and frank way, she said.
核心小组应是一个论坛，议员们认为，他们有权利以提高公开和坦诚的方式问题，她说。