Rotten borough

n. 有名无实的选区

🧩 词语组成解析

rotten ['rɑtn]
adj. 腐烂的;恶臭的;堕落的;极坏的; adv. 非常;极其;
rott=rot腐烂,腐朽+en形容词后缀 → .腐烂的,发臭的
borough [['bʌrə]]
n. 自治的市镇, 区

🗣️ 情景例句

I would hardly refer to junk mail as being literature.
我不会把那些垃圾邮件看成是文学。
Absolutely.
是这样;当然是;绝对如此。
an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
人们情愿拿出大笔的钱,也不愿毕生的心血毁于歹徒之手。
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