| 单词 | lord mayor's banquet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLord Mayor's Banquet Lord Mayor's Banquet n. a banquet held by the Lord Mayor of London; spec. a banquet held at the Guildhall on the Monday after the Lord Mayor's Show, at which the Prime Minister delivers the keynote address. ΚΠ c1830 G. Daniel in J. O'Keeffe Son-in-law Remarks 7 in Cumberland's Brit. Theatre XXXI What..can be a more appropriate sequel to a lord mayor's banquet than a ball? 1895 Chautauquan May 174/2 Time was when prime ministers would take the opportunity of the lord mayor's banquet to divulge important lines of foreign or domestic policy. 1997 Vanity Fair Mar. 202 John Major..concluded his speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet..by ticking off the ways in which British culture rules the world. 2003 J. Kampfner Blair Wars 16 The Lord Mayor's banquet is traditionally an occasion for foreign policy pronouncements. < as lemmas |
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