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manifesto

noun
🔊/ˌmænɪˈfestəʊ/
🔊/ˌmænɪˈfestəʊ/
(plural manifestos)
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  1. a written statement in which a group of people explain their beliefs and aims, especially one published by a political party to say what they will do if they win an election宣言
    • an election manifesto竞选宣言
    • the party manifesto政党宣言
    Extra Examples
    • Labour won the election on this manifesto.工党凭借这一宣言赢得了大选。
    • The manifesto promised reform of the social security system.宣言承诺要改革社会保障制度。
    • He always carried a copy of the Communist Manifesto.他总是随身携带共产党宣言。
    Topics Politicsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • political
    • Conservative
    • Labour
    • …
    verb + manifesto
    • draw up
    • write
    • sign
    • …
    manifesto + verb
    • pledge something
    • promise something
    • call for something
    • …
    manifesto + noun
    • commitment
    • pledge
    • promise
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the manifesto
    • manifesto for
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Italian, from manifestare, from Latin, ‘make public’, from manifestus ‘obvious’.
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