minor-party

IPA/ˌmaɪ.nə ˈpɑː.ti/
IPA/ˈmaɪ.nɚ ˈpɑːr.t̬i/

minor-party — 名詞

1. a political group that wins only a few votes at elections, so it almost never ha

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釋義

小黨；小政黨

得票少、難以單獨執政的政黨

a political group that wins only a few votes at elections, so it almost never has enough seats to run the country by itself.

例句

The Greens ran as a minor party and won just two seats in parliament.

綠黨以小黨身分參選，在國會只拿下兩個席次。

ran as a minor party — typical verb pattern

Several minor parties joined forces to push the housing bill through the senate.

幾個小黨聯合起來，把住宅法案推過了參議院。

plural subject: minor parties forming a bloc

常見搭配
  • minor party candidate
  • vote for a minor party
  • minor party leader
同義詞
  • fringe party

    stronger; suggests views far outside the mainstream

  • third party

    American English; any party outside the two dominant ones

  • splinter party

    specifically one that broke away from a larger party

反義詞

用法筆記

Often contrasted with 'major party'; the label is about electoral size and the inability to govern alone, not about how new or radical the group is.

常見錯誤

He votes for a minor party because their ideas are small.
He votes for a minor party because the big ones ignore his town.
'minor' describes the party's size and vote share, not the size of its ideas.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • minor party candidate
  • minor party leader
  • minor party voters

常用片語

  • vote for a minor party
  • run as a minor party

介系詞搭配

  • as a minor party
  • for a minor party