单词 | reform bill |
释义 | > as lemmasreform bill reform bill n. now chiefly historical a bill proposing political or constitutional reform; spec. (with capital initials) one of the bills presented to the British parliament which ultimately resulted in one of the Reform Acts; cf. reform act n. ΚΠ 1783 Royal Reg. VIII. 26 Mr. E—— B—'s Reform Bill, that splendid Child of Opposition. 1819 J. Bentham (title) Radical Reform Bill. 1831 (title) A chart exhibiting a list of the names of the majority and minority, on the second reading of the English Reform Bill. 1884 Manch. Examiner 26 Mar. 5/1 The great effect of successive Reform Bills has been to unify the nation. 1967 Listener 18 May 656/3 How else can one explain why the Second Reform Bill of 1867 did not sweep the Conservatives from power for ever and a day? 1987 W. Greider Secrets of Temple i. ii. 51 The same reform bills were introduced year after year in Congress. 2004 Folio Summer 9 An 1833 drawing by James Parry presented the new Reform Bill as a hideously winged and taloned creature. < as lemmas |
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