constituency

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·stitu·ency AW [constituency constituencies] BrE [kənˈstɪtjuənsi] NAmE [kənˈstʃuənsi] (pl. con·stitu·encies) noun
1. (especially BrE)countable a district that elects its own representative to parliament
•Unemployment is high in her constituency.
•He owns a house in his Darlington constituency.
2. countable singular or plural verb the people who live in and vote in a particular district
•constituency opinion
3. countable singular or plural verb a particular group of people in society who are likely to support a person, an idea or a product
•There is a strong constituency of support for his proposal.