| 单词 | home rule all round |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHome Rule all round (also around) Home Rule all round (also around): self-government (as opposed to British rule) for Scotland and Wales as well as Ireland. Cf. sense 2b. Now historical. ΚΠ 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Dec. 6/2 The truth is we want a good deal more of Home Rule all round. 1912 Chautauquan June 16 The question is whether ‘devolution’, or the promise of Home Rule all around, will remove much, if any, opposition to the immediate or first step—Irish home rule. 2006 M. Keating in M. Tewdwr-Jones & P. Allmendinger Territory, Identity & Spatial Planning ii. 23 Third, was the option of Home Rule, first elaborated for Ireland, adopted by William Ewart Gladstone in the 1880s and evolving into the idea of Home Rule all Round, the conversion of the United Kingdom into a federation of self-governing nationalities. < as lemmas |
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