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单词 empty chair
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empty chair
empty chair n. Politics attributive designating a policy of withdrawal from participation in meetings, votes, etc., in response to a disagreement or dispute; of or relating to such a policy.
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1954 N.Y. Times 1 Sept. 5/3 The plan..was described as an ‘empty chair policy’ because it called for the abstention of the French Government from the vote.
1964 Financial Times 13 Nov. 12/4 There has never been any serious possibility that the French would resort to more than ‘an empty chair’ policy if the cereals price is not fixed this year.
1993 M. J. Bull in T. M. Wilson & M. E. Smith Cultural Change & New Europe ii. 33 The French government objected to these proposals and refused to attend meetings of the Council of Ministers for seven months (the so-called ‘empty chair’ strategy).
2011 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 13 Dec. (Features section) 12 Mr Cameron's empty chair policy in the EU cannot but strengthen the Nationalist case for Scotland having its own representation at the top table of Europe.
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