| 词汇 | confirmation-hearing |
| 释义 | confirmation hearing noun[ C ] ukus GOVERNMENT in the US, a meeting to decide whether an official job should be given to someone who has been suggested for it: At her confirmation hearing for labor secretary in January, she warned of the need to keep pace with the new economy. LAW a meeting in a law court that decides whether to agree with the decision that was taken in a previous court case: A disclosure hearing in bankruptcy court is scheduled for January 28, followed by a confirmation hearing March 7. Examples of confirmation hearingconfirmation hearing His clarification to a half dozen players didn't come until his confirmationhearing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Those levels of unemployment have increased since that confirmationhearing. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English His confirmation hearings were contentious and stalled for three years over charges of partisanship. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While the vast majority of confirmation hearings are routine, some are controversial. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She did indicate at her confirmation hearings that she would retain her stock ownership in the company but promised to have no involvement in the firm's business. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If one believes, as we do, that it makes sense to have confirmation hearings for these appointments, one should go ahead and do it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the report proposes, for example, that by statute we set up confirmation hearings for public appointments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that the confirmation hearings were an entirely happy augury. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been argued also that the confirmation hearings would give members of the committee the opportunity to get at the government of the day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have real confirmation hearings, not the bogus virtual confirmation hearings that we have. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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