caucus
['kɔ:kəs]
n. 干部会议；核心会议
vi. 召开干部会议；开核心会议
参考例子
1.A caucus meeting of House Democrats this week gave an indicator that the latter might be true.
本周召开的众议院民主党党团会议表明出现这种情况是完全可能的。
2.But since then blacks in every primary or caucus have tended to vote for Obama in large numbers.
但是从那时起，在每一场初选或者党团基层会议中，大批黑人都倾向于选奥巴马。
3.Thanks largely to them, she won that caucus by 95 votes to 70 and went on to take seven out of nine contests on the Las Vegas strip.
希拉里在拉斯维加斯的选举中凭借95比70的胜利取得了九战七胜得好成绩，某种程度上还要多多感谢这些人支持；
英文解释
n.
1.a closed political meeting
2.meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
网络释义
caucus
核心会议; 秘密会议; 会议; 党团会议;
moderated caucus
有主持核心磋商; 有组织核心磋商; 有主持的核心磋商;
unmoderated caucus
自由磋商; 非正式磋商;
Caucus Meeting
核心会议;
Reform Caucus
以自由党改革派系;