中文翻译与英英解释 | 〔美国〕(胜利后分与党员、支持者物质利益和职位的)政党分肥制。
| | | spoil: vt. (spoiled, spoilt) 1.〔p.p ... | | system: n. 1.体系,系统;分类法;组织;设备,装置。 2.方 ... | |
| the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
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| In the politics of the United States, a spoil system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party?as opposed to a merit system, where offices are awarded on the basis of some measure of merit, independent of political activity. |
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