| 词汇 | division-lobby |
| 释义 | division lobby noun[ C ] politics UKspecializeduk /dɪˈvɪʒ.ən ˌlɒb.i/ us /dɪˈvɪʒ.ən ˌlɑː.bi/ one of two rooms to which a British Member of Parliament must go to show if they are voting for or against a suggested law（英国议会的）分类投票室 Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting entrance poll exit poll first-past-the-post flip franchise proxy proxy vote proxy voter proxy voting psephologist voting voting booth voting machine voting slip whistle-stop And then, thinking once more that it was all over, we went into the division lobbies again. By a series of circumstances, into which I need not now go, the manifestation took the shape of refusing to go into the division lobby, and retaining our seats. He requires the glow of a good audience—of a cheering party—of the certainty of success in the division lobby—to bring out his best powers. In a division lobby, probably on the Wednesday night, I came in touch with a friend, then a subordinate member of the Government, who had been among the keenest advocates of our cause. Examples of division lobbydivision lobby Many of us did not wish to support a policy in the divisionlobby that would set so many reprehensible precedents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he prepared to endorse that opinion in the divisionlobby? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would render the position impossible if, say, the secretary of a particular minister was voting in a divisionlobby different from that of the minister himself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been suggestions that electronic voting may be easier and quicker to do than physically going through a divisionlobby. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Indeed, it may well have been pressure-group activity that brought pro-abolitionists into the division lobbies in 1956 after having abstained in 1955. The total cost of the alterations to the division lobbies was sonic £2,500. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The doorkeepers then unlock the doors to the division lobbies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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