The political machine is ready to run ads, knock on doors and make phone calls to pressure Senators.
这台政治机器已经准备好投放广告、挨家挨户敲门以及打电话多管齐下向参议员施压。
美国历史
A second line of attack on the political machines was made in connection with the ballot.
——对政治机器的第二道攻击是与选票有关的。
VOA Special 2019年10月合集
They were wrong. Chester Arthur surprised everyone. He broke all his ties with the Conkling political machine. He remained independent of any party group.
And he had political ties to the New York political machine. But worst of all, in the eyes of many Americans, Al Smith was a Roman Catholic.
他与纽约政府有着政治联系。但最糟糕的是,在许多美国人眼中,艾尔·史密斯是罗马天主教徒。
经济学人-综合
Fewer new firms have broken into the big league since 2003 and those that have done so have tended to be good at working the political machine.
2003年以来,很少有新企业打入这个大圈子,而那些成功进入的公司通常精于政治游戏。
亨利·亚当斯的教育(中)
Nine-tenths of men's political energies must henceforth be wasted on expedients to piece out — to patch — or, in vulgar language, to tinker — the political machine as often as it broke down.
A political machine is a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the support of a corps of supporters and businesses (usually campaign workers), who receive rewards for their efforts. The machine's power is based on the ability of the workers to get out the vote for their candidates on election day.