词汇 | example_english_charade |
释义 | Examples of charadeThese 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. As he is older than me, he said that he is no longer playing charades. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rules should be established so that we shall no longer have to go through an endless game of charades every time extraditions are attempted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never before spoken in a guillotine debate, because often they are charades, but this is a serious issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea at the back of it was no: the matter of obscene performances or family charades, but the safety of the buildings concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because guilt has to be proved, our divorce courts are replete with charades that bring law and the institution of marriage into disrepute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no argument about this, so why do we have to try to play charades all the time? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To speak of interfering with family charades is really throwing a ridiculous light on a serious suggestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In our view it was not possible or desirable to formalise the distinction between family charades and club performances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of them are just charades. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His commitment to human rights is illustrated by what he said this afternoon, namely, that we want no charades in this respect; we want substantial and meaningful progress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the charades that are notorious to lawyers and disliked by so many judges is the calling of formal medical evidence to prove the dangers to health. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Starved of real investment, appalling at customer relations and only interested in the bottom line, our so-called "public" transport is now a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We go through this charade of competitive bids. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The surgery routine is something of a frustrating charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first year of capping in which the proposed caps of three authorities were increased shows that those procedures are no mere charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they do not, this whole debate is a mere charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Having said that, however, this charade, this whole sham, is very hard to take. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Only in this country is there the ridiculous charade that these developments are not all about political union. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The charade which has gone on over renegotiation is an example of that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let us leave this debate, which has the atmosphere of a charade about it, feeling that we have improved industrial relations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are not going to be honest about these matters, we will merely conduct a charade, and that must be challenged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not be misled by opinion polls or votes which in many ways are a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would much rather be in bed than lend myself to that kind of charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There might have been a greater appearance of equity, but it would have been a fake, a charade, a piece of window-dressing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the country has already seen through that charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The forecasts in the autumn statement are another part of the charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he think that this miserable, three-hour charade of a debate is sufficient? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is disgraceful is the manner in which it was done and the basis upon which this whole charade was conducted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Alternatively, the defendant can decide not to grovel but to go for the publicity and television cameras and take part in the charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without it, we shall have this damaging charade again in five years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In truth, much of the scrutiny that we pretend to do is a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, one has the extraordinary charade involving very important finds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot agree that the conference is a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am greatly worried that there has been a charade and that too little attention has been paid to try to bridge the gap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is that they will not work and are a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The transfer of ownership would be a charade if the new landlord was tied to using council services and run by a council-dominated board. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will be a charade unless the well-informed electorate can make responsible judgments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the voting system can become almost a charade because of the misconceptions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such proceedings make an inquiry no more than a charade, and completely humiliate those trying to present their case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they have then to report back and have their report okayed, it seems to me to be rather a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not prepared to put up with this charade any longer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We now have government by regulation, but let us consider another charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A charade has been imposed on local authorities year after year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we have there is a very expensive, nonsensical, political charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The consultation process that has been proceeding fitfully is widely regarded as a charade and it has been the source of considerable bitterness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any proposals for devolution which do not deal with these key crunch issues are a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the figure of 3 million unemployed is a facade, a charade, a farce. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will we not become involved in nothing more than a bureaucratic charade? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, they can have one or two outside members—as, indeed, they do—to provide the fig leaf, but that is simply part of the charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of that we have a complicated charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Night after night, we have sat through the charade in the democratic process that is the debate on the programme motion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The effect on those countries of this continuing charade has been political instability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is being unfair to his constituents and his actions constitute a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not intend to dignify that charade with any contribution whatever. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless that is done, this whole exercise will be a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Could not all that charade be avoided by simply relaxing the tax legislation to make arts sponsorship the acid test rather than advertising? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, it seems to me that this charade will be exploded in due course. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There must be no charade or facade; it must be absolutely complete. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone who has been through a closure programme knows that consultation is usually a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My only other serious criticism is that we must go through this charade every year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking about a charade and a cosmetic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he will, why has he conducted such a charade of a consultation process? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We see the charade of confiscation, but it does not control publication. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are engaged in a political charade—nothing more and nothing less. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Parental involvement that involves four to seven parents in a school attending meetings is a charade for involvement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it, at the end of the day, simply to be a charade? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The word "charade" has been used, but is this not also a matter of sheer hypocrisy? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ask myself, is it not possible that once again there could be an element of charade about it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On secondary school building it is a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know about the charade of consultations going on with the local authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless there are penalties for failing to convey people on whom an expulsion order has been served, the procedure becomes to some extent a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We recognise that the freedom of the media is the true litmus paper of whether we have a genuine democracy or a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole of this charade today revolves round the fact that instead of fair rents we are to have reasonable rents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not be joining in this charade of an election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They might not be pleased to be told that they were voting for a charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One might turn a blind eye to, and even participate in, that charade if the consequences were not so grave and, for some, so fatal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How much longer do we have to carry on with this sorry charade? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now, the whole charade is about to start again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would we return to the time when the sequestration of funds was a method of punishment and a charade of the 1970s? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the purpose of this charade and of writing a letter which makes it clear that note will not be taken of our comments? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was looking forward to a principled debate, but we have had a shabby charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we are engaged in tonight is not parliamentary scrutiny; it is a rubber-stamping charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We suggest, in a spirit of helpfulness and co-operation, that we should take that course rather than continue with this slight charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he had known, he might have taken a different view, and he might not have embarked on the ridiculous charade of his speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely sanctions, if they go through, will be seen as a half-hearted, meaningless charade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The institutional separation of the state from the capitalist class is not simply a charade. On the other hand, if students acquiesce to the charade, they are cooperating with dishonesty and undermining one of medicine's pivotal values. In this arena, there is but a charade of violence. The ensuing election campaign was something of a charade, on various scores. Why go through the charade of pretending to do a play in order to humiliate fellow actors and the playwright? The voters have now broken the charade of unanimity. However, the whole exercise was a charade. Now we find that the whole time-consuming process was a meaningless charade. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English What we are now seeing is a charade of justice. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are not joining in this charade either. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English At any event, the socialist group cannot lend itself to such a charade. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English My group will not have any part in this charade. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He goes through the charade only. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We seek to escape from the charades that embroider the divorce law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He prefers to continue with this same humiliating round of charades. 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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