英语词汇“a week is a long time in politics”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. a week is a long time in ——: used to indicate that the specified enterprise is unpredictable and prone to rapid change. Now chiefly in a week is a long time in politics and variants, or with allusion to this.The phrase a week is a long time in politics is strongly associated with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson (1964–70, 1974–6), and especially with the 1964 sterling crisis (see N. Rees Sayings of the Century (1984)), but there appears to be no written evidence of his use of it at that time.

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1879 C. M. Yonge Magnum Bonum III. xxxv. 764 In the existing state of affairs, a week was a long time, and that very Sunday brought the crisis.]

1893 Romance July 453 A week is a long time in a newspaper office.

1962 G. Wolfskill Revolt of Conservatives 34 Shouse was reminded once more that in politics a week is a long time.

1966 New Politics 5 146/2 Harold Wilson has said, in another connection: ‘A week is a long time in politics.’ But many Labour men believe that if the tide is to be turned it will require the change of policy outlined above.

1983 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 31 Aug. c11/2 A week is a long time in politics, an expression of the idea that unexpected developments can transform political fortunes.

1997 Melody Maker 6 Dec. 7 A week is a long time in pop music and even longer on the world's most mad-for-it music weekly, where the zeitgeist can prove an elusive beast.

2011 Chron. (Austral.) (Nexis) 19 July (Final ed.) a36 With a week a long time in politics, think of what could happen between now and the tax taking effect on July 1, 2012.

单词	a week is a long time in politics
释义	> as lemmas a week is a long time in politics e. a week is a long time in ——: used to indicate that the specified enterprise is unpredictable and prone to rapid change. Now chiefly in a week is a long time in politics and variants, or with allusion to this.The phrase a week is a long time in politics is strongly associated with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson (1964–70, 1974–6), and especially with the 1964 sterling crisis (see N. Rees Sayings of the Century (1984)), but there appears to be no written evidence of his use of it at that time. ΚΠ 1879 C. M. Yonge Magnum Bonum III. xxxv. 764 In the existing state of affairs, a week was a long time, and that very Sunday brought the crisis.] 1893 Romance July 453 A week is a long time in a newspaper office. 1962 G. Wolfskill Revolt of Conservatives 34 Shouse was reminded once more that in politics a week is a long time. 1966 New Politics 5 146/2 Harold Wilson has said, in another connection: ‘A week is a long time in politics.’ But many Labour men believe that if the tide is to be turned it will require the change of policy outlined above. 1983 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 31 Aug. c11/2 A week is a long time in politics, an expression of the idea that unexpected developments can transform political fortunes. 1997 Melody Maker 6 Dec. 7 A week is a long time in pop music and even longer on the world's most mad-for-it music weekly, where the zeitgeist can prove an elusive beast. 2011 Chron. (Austral.) (Nexis) 19 July (Final ed.) a36 With a week a long time in politics, think of what could happen between now and the tax taking effect on July 1, 2012. extracted from weekn. < as lemmas
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