| 词汇 | life-peer |
| 释义 | life peer noun[ C ] uk /ˌlaɪf ˈpɪər/ us /ˌlaɪf ˈpɪr/ in the UK, a person who is given the honour of a title such as "Lord" and a place in the House of Lords as a reward for the good things they have done for the country（英国的）终身贵族 Royalty, aristocracy & titles accede to something accession anointed anti-monarchical anti-monarchist duke dukedom earl earldom emir mister monarch monarchist morganatic Mr royally Rt. Hon. Shah sheikh sire Examples of life peerlife peer He is to be made a lifepeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that the point about a lifepeer is settled on a different principle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the lifepeer measure alone, the vote was 31 to 77. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I knew him well enough to know that he would not have become a lifepeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This could be a bonanza to a lifepeer who, when he went to the other place, never expected to receive it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should not a lifepeer be allowed to dispense with his title when he no longer requires it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The lifepeer will be paid a proper salary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that he was the type who would have been vulgar enough to become a lifepeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I emphasise that the proposals secure the right of the lifepeer to vote whatever his speaking or voting record in a party political sense may be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone who was unfortunate enough to be asked to become a lifepeer but had no income or means of his own would be unable to carry out his duties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never tried to do that, or to suggest that it is obligatory upon anybody, either of the party opposite or of this party, to become a lifepeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are to decide whether a lifepeer has a genuine connection with his region of origin, it is not enough merely to consider where he came from. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is one possible application of the writ of acceleration in future—if the eldest son of an existing hereditary peer were to be made a lifepeer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If landfill is a lifepeer, major sites with incinerators must be dukes: they last an awful lot longer, and they cost an awful lot more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Membership is not fixed and decreases only on the death of a lifepeer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of life peer These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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