| 单词 | first reading | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst reading   first reading  n. 		(also with capital initials)	 the first of a number of occasions (typically three) on which a bill must be formally presented to a legislative assembly before it becomes law (cf. reading n.1 2c). ΚΠ 1571    Orig. Jrnl. House of Commons 		(Parl. Archives MS. HC/CL/JO/1/2)	 3  				The Bill concernyng comynge to the churche and receavinge of the comunyon the fyrste readinge. 1641    Order & Course of passing Bills in Parl. iv. 10  				A Bill may be preferred to be secondly read the next day after the first reading. 1763    R. Burn Eccl. Hist. I. 62  				A bill was brought into the house of commons, for erecting and augmenting of vicarages, and had a first reading, but proceeded no further. 1865    Daily National Intelligencer 		(Washington)	 15 Nov.  				First readings (which, as I have heretofore explained, are mere formalities) have been given in both houses to all other bills. 1956    Times of India 11 May 1/3  				The Minister will reply to the first reading debate tomorrow. 2011    N. Kochan  & R. Goodyear Corruption iii. 67  				The Bribery Bill had its first reading in the House of Lords in November 2009. < as lemmas | 
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