constituency

UK:  [kən'stɪtjʊənsi]

US:  [kən'stɪtʃuənsi]

复数：constituencies  

n.

1.选区

2.选区的事务

3.(议员所代表的)选民(全体);选(举)区

4.〔集合词〕顾客;(期刊的)订户,赞助者

1 . Now, in some of the worst of times, Washington is treating its vital overseas dollar constituency as if it weren't even there.
如今，经济正处于最糟糕的时期，华盛顿的决策者们却好像无视海外这些至关重要的美元赞助者的客观存在。

2 . Even those constituents who detest her politics and would never vote for her, do admit that she has always been a very good constituency MP.
连那些讨厌她的政治主张并对她投反对票的选民，也承认她始终是该选区的一位好议员。

3 . That, to his own constituency, signalled a supposedly reassuring lack of interest in resuming the long-suspended talks.
这一席话，对于他的支持者来说，标志着他可能根本没兴趣恢复暂停多时的谈话。

4 . This shop seems to be open solely for a wealthy constituency.
这家商店似乎单为一批富有的顾客而开。

5 . We had a broader, geographically much wider, constituency we were trying to defend.
我们要维护地域上更宽广的群体利益。