soft money

基本解釋

The issue of hard and soft money is only scratching the surface of this complicated subject of campaign money .
硬性和軟性捐款問題還只觸及競(jìng)選經(jīng)費(fèi)這個(gè)復(fù)雜問題的表面。
For instance， soft money can be used for TV ads advocating the party platform but cannot ask viewers to vote for any candidate by name.
例如，軟性捐款可用在宣揚(yáng)黨的施政綱領(lǐng)的電視廣告上，但是這個(gè)廣告卻不能點(diǎn)侯選人的名，要求電視觀眾投票選舉他。
3：The issue of hard and soft money is only scratching the surface of this complicated subject of campaign money.
他說：硬性和軟性捐款問題還只觸及競(jìng)選經(jīng)費(fèi)這個(gè)復(fù)雜問題的表面。

The soft money guys have had the freedom to do what they like since 1971.
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(in the US) money that can be spent by a political party on grass-roots organization, recruitment, advertising, etc it must be deposited in a party's non-federal (state-level) bank accounts, and must not be used in connection with presidential or congressional elections &rarrcompare hard money