hustings

noun

1. 竞选活动（竞选前进行的政治集会、演讲等）
   the political meetings, speeches, etc. that take place in the period before an election
   1. Most candidates will be out on the hustings this week.
      大多数候选人本星期将进行竞选活动。

1. N-PLURAL 竞选活动
   The political campaigns and speeches before an election are sometimes referred to as the hustings .
   1. With only days to go before elections in Pakistan, candidates are battling it out at the hustings.
      离巴基斯坦大选只有几天的时间了，各候选人正在竞选活动上一决胜负。

1. With only days to go before elections in Pakistan, candidates are battling it out at the hustings.
   离巴基斯坦大选只有几天的时间了，各候选人正在竞选活动上一决胜负。
2. Mr Huntsman seems quite relaxed on the hustings, taking up an impromptu pool game at a veterans 'club, for example ( he lost), and teasing the locals about their accents.
   亨茨曼对这次竞选活动表现的很轻松。例如，他在老兵俱乐部即兴来了场撞球比赛（他输了），还和当地人一起打趣他们的口音。
3. And I was among a great chorus out on the hustings speaking out against this consistent and constant deficit spending.
   我与一大伙人在竞选台上，一致声言反对习以为常的赤字开支。
4. My campaigning had had little visible effect. Most politicians will be at/ on the hustings in the coming week.
   我的竞选活动根本没有怎么见效。大多数政治家将在下周展开竞选活动。
5. With an electorate that prematurely believes China is already the largest economy in the world, American politicians reflect that anguish on the hustings.
   由于美国选民过早地相信中国已经是全球最大的经济体，美国政客们不得不在选举活动中反映这种苦恼。
6. A candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt. ( of land) made ready for development or agriculture by clearing of trees and brush.
   到大农耕带发表演说的竞选者（指土地）清除了树木和灌木以准备开发或者耕种。
7. Recent evidence suggests that in America, especially, charlatans prosper on the hustings, while good people flinch from exposing themselves to the humiliations and deceits essential to secure public office.
   最近的证据显示，尤其在美国，骗子在选举中大行其道，好人却不愿意让自己陷入获取公职过程中必不可少的羞辱和欺骗。
8. He was one of the great hustings performers.
   他是竞选高手之一。

noun

1. the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)