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らくせん【落選】

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らくせん【落選】

〔選挙の〕 defeat [failure] (in an election); 〔出品の〕 rejection; 〔抽選の〕 failure to win a lottery.

～する 〔選挙で〕 be defeated [unsuccessful] in an election; lose [fail in] an election; 〔出品が〕 be rejected; be not accepted; 〔抽選に〕 fail to win a (prize in a) lottery.

●党の幹部はことごとく落選した. All the leading members of the party failed to get elected [failed of election, were defeated].

・懸賞小説に応募して落選した. I entered for the prize novel contest, but failed to win anything.

・彼の作品は落選した. His work was not accepted.

・落選させたい候補者 a candidate whom voters don't want elected.

●落選続きである be defeated in a series of elections.

●たった 3 票の差で落選の憂き目を見る fail to win [miss winning] the election by only three votes.

落選運動 a campaign by voters to prevent the election of a particular candidate.

●とかく悪評の絶えない候補の落選運動が展開されている. The candidate has been implicated in so many scandals that a campaign has been mounted to prevent him from being elected.

落選候補 ＝落選者.

落選作 a rejected [an unaccepted] work [article].

落選者 an unsuccessful [a defeated] candidate.