| 词汇 | town-meeting |
| 释义 | town meeting noun[ C ] USuk /ˌtaʊn ˈmiː.tɪŋ/ us /ˌtaʊn ˈmiː.t̬ɪŋ/ a meeting of the people who live or pay taxes in a town, for the purpose of governing the town镇民（或市民）大会 UK politics: local government & politics administrative alderman alderwoman anti-city authority councilmember councilwoman county borough county council development area enterprise zone parish parish council parochial prefecture shire the North-South divide town planning unitary unitary authority You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Meeting people Examples of town meetingtown meeting The prospect of going without bread puts a brief end to the charivari while a townmeeting is held to remedy the situation. Have you in the last three or four years attended a public meeting such as a townmeeting or a council meeting? The final version also makes the townmeeting a more masculine event - the preliminary version has three women, while the final painting has only one woman clearly visible. If the question had been put to the townmeeting a discussion could have taken place and a poll could have been held. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This feeling may be quite unfair, but had we had this townmeeting here today this would have come out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But is that an argument against the townmeeting? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would certainly be more real to do it in that way than by means of a townmeeting or a town poll. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The results of the poll confirmed the decisions at the townmeeting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that that is the experience of everyone who has experience of holding a townmeeting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Attempts to raise the question at the townmeeting were ruled out of order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The origin of the townmeeting is lost in antiquity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What happened as a result of having this townmeeting? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result was a townmeeting, at which it was confidently expected that a representative of the union would be one of the speakers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mention has been made of a townmeeting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This being so, there seems no valid reason at all for retaining the town's poll or the voting procedure at the townmeeting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of town meeting 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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