parliamentary by-election

基本解釋

The critics point to a recent parliamentary by-election in a safe seat, which the UMP held by only the thinnest of threads.
批評(píng)家指出了最近在一個(gè)穩(wěn)操勝券的選區(qū)進(jìn)行的補(bǔ)選，在這次選舉中，UMP只以微小的優(yōu)勢(shì)獲勝。
A PARLIAMENTARY by-election in Bangkok on July 25th was the first test of public opinion since May, when the army put down street protests in which 89 people died.
7月25日在曼谷進(jìn)行的議會(huì)補(bǔ)選是自五月軍隊(duì)鎮(zhèn)壓造成89人死亡的街道集會(huì)以來對(duì)公眾意見進(jìn)行的首次測(cè)試。
VOTERS in Donegal South West, one of Ireland's 43 parliamentary constituencies, vote in a by-election—the first real test of the public mood since the scale of Ireland's woes became widely known.
愛爾蘭的43個(gè)議會(huì)選區(qū)之一，西南部多尼格爾郡的選民為特別選舉投票——這是自愛爾蘭的經(jīng)濟(jì)不景氣程度變得廣為人知以來，第一個(gè)公眾情緒的真正測(cè)試。

The critics point to a recent parliamentary by-election in a safe seat, which the UMP held by only the thinnest of threads.
ECONOMIST: Sarkozy and morality
And Mr Blair's mind may be focused on the issue by defeat in February 3rd's parliamentary by-election in Ceredigion, a rural Welsh constituency held by Plaid.
ECONOMIST: Wales