The government was responsible to the electorate.是什么意思？

The government was responsible to the electorate.

政府对全体选民负责。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

government

n. 政府，政体，治理的形式，管辖，治理；

例句
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

responsible

adj. 尽责的，承担责任，负有责任的，懂道理的；

例句
It is accepted wisdom that science has been partly responsible for the decline of religion.
人们普遍认为，科学的兴起是宗教衰落的部分原因。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

electorate

n. 选民（全体），选举区，[史]选帝侯的爵位[领土]；

例句
When the generality of the electorate is doing badly, the mood will grow pessimistic.
当多数选民都不予以支持时，情绪就会变得悲观起来。