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He wants to cut the deficit at least as quickly as Labour intended before the general election (ie, to halve it in four years).
他希望大选前，赤字至少能像工党预期的那样得以削减（四年内减半）。
One of the advisers contended that, although the Big Society had flopped as a campaigning message at the general election, it has worked as a ‘meme’.
顾问中有一个人认为，虽然作为普选口号，“大社会”这个观点已经衰弱了，作为文化遗产的基因，它一直发挥着作用。
The fate of EU funds has become a big political issue in Bulgaria, which will hold a general election in July, a month after the election of a new European Parliament.
六月份欧洲议会将进行选举，而在一个月之后，保加利亚大选也将举行，欧盟援助资金的去向已经成为了一个严重的政治问题。

He then won a big victory in the general election over the candidate of the Whig Party, General Winfield Scott.
There's a difference between the primary and general election.
在初选和大选中也存在着区别
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The two candidates with the most votes will face each other in the general election.

But you have to win the nomination to even get to the general election.
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an election in which the people living in a country vote to choose the government

In the United States, a general election is a local, state, or national election where the candidates have been selected by a primary election. Compare .

普选
In principle, the leading post civil servant should have been appointed by a general election, while in practice they weren't because of the affection of historical factors.
由于历史惯性的影响，本应普选产生的主要领导职务公务员并没有实行真正意义上的民主选举。