first-past-the-post信息详情
adj.最高票者当选的，得票最多的人即当选
the past───过去的事（歌曲名）
the past is past───过去就是过去
the first───第一；首次；最先
uncovering the past───揭开过去
over the past───在过去
the past stay───过去的停留
the past i───过去的我
post───n.(Post)人名；(英、西、捷、瑞典、荷)波斯特；n.岗位；邮件；标杆；vi.快速行进；vt.张贴；公布；邮递；布置
the past years───过去几年
The Electoral Reform Society, a pressure group, points out that AV can produce results as perverse as first-past-the-post.───选举革新会，作为一个压力集团，指出选择投票制会产生和“得票多者当选”同样不利的结果。
voting for Westminster seats with proportional representation!───比例代表制(两种议会选举制度)！
Rather, it has much to do with Singapore's singular first-past-the-post system.───当然，这倒是和新加坡独特的相对多数选举制有很大关系。
Pakistan has a first-past-the-post system, so people vote for one of the mainstream parties that have the best chance of coming to power.───巴基斯坦实行“得票多者当选”制，因此人们会把票投给最有可能掌权的主流政党。
Due to the peculiarities of the first-past-the-post voting system, the opposition won just six out of the 87 contested seats.───由于新加坡的投票制度是单议席单票制，反对党只赢得了87个议席中的6席。
The vote is conducted through the "first past the post" system whereby the candidate in each constituency with the most votes wins the seat.───选举通过“首先经过票箱”的体制来进行，在每个选区赢得多数的候选人获得议员席位。
For the Liberal Democrats, changing the first-past-the-post voting system that discriminates against them has long been the holy grail.───对于自由民主党而言，改掉歧视他们的“得票多者当选”投票制长期以来就是该党的圣杯。
Many parliamentary countries, especially those that use "first past the post" voting , have governments composed of one party.───许多国家的议会，特别是那些使用“第一过去后”投票，有政府组成的一方。
However, I welcome without any difficulty the progression in Labour party thinking from a first-past-the-post system to a system of proportionality.
Under his scheme they would be elected by something close to Britain's first-past-the-post system.
Therefore, the first-past-the-post system ensures that a Conservative voter living in Glagow has no representative in Westminster.