（英国1832年前）有名无实的选区

n.有名无实的选区

rotten boroughs───（英国1832年前）有名无实的选区

Attenborough───n.(Attenborough)人名；(英)阿滕伯勒

gotten through───通过；到达；做完；接通电话；度过，熬过(困难时期等)

pocket borough───口袋选区（被一人或一家族所操纵的国会议员选区）

pocket boroughs───口袋选区（被一人或一家族所操纵的国会议员选区）

rattled through───迅速地做好

rattles through───迅速地做好

Oddly, though, the shareholders in American companies are like the disenfranchised citizens of a rotten borough.───然而奇怪的是，美国公司的众股东却像是有名无实选区里被剥夺了投票权的居民。

Oddly, though, the shareholders in American companies are like the disenfranchised citizens of a rotten borough.

The puritans, he says, forget that Las Vegas's economy relies on another kind of vice: "To many people, it's just a rotten borough anyway.