| 单词 | maiden speech |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaiden speech maiden speech n. the first speech delivered in the British House of Commons or the House of Lords by a new member, or to any such assembly by a new member of that assembly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > for specific occasion or purpose His Majesty's Speech1583 New Year1595 panegyry1602 panegyric1603 remembrancea1616 valediction1619 panegyris1646 areopagitic1649 Hesped1650 allocution1689 maiden speech1702 Speech from the Throne1751 patter1772 inaugural1832 acceptance speech1855 oraison funèbre1856 keynote speech1863 keynote address1891 valedictory1892 keynote1896 pep speech1912 pep talk1913 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > first speech by M.P. maiden speech1702 1702 R. Cocks Diary 24 Feb. in D. W. Hayton Parl. Diary (1996) 223 Sir John Holland spoke his mayden speech which was very fine. 1790 T. Wilkinson Mem. Own Life II. 8 I had the opportunity of hearing a great man's maiden speech in the House of Commons. 1868 A. Trollope Phineas Finn xxvi. 84/2 Your speech..was about on a par with other maiden speeches in the House of Commons. 1901 W. Churchill Crisis ii. vii. 181 The Senator..is preparing his maiden speech. 2012 C. Reid Imprison'd Wranglers vi. 151 No report of Stanhope's maiden speech survives but evidently it failed to live up to his father's expectations. < as lemmas |
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