单词 | the noes have it |
释义 | > as lemmasthe noes have it b. A person who votes against a proposal, esp. in a parliamentary division. Usually in plural. Frequently in the noes have it: those voting against a proposal are in the majority; a proposal has been voted against; also in extended use.Usually contrasted with aye or yea. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > negation > [noun] > vote > those who vote negatively no1657 nay1742 content1779 1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 324 A member stood up and said, that the Noes in the former question had it. 1669 A. Marvell Wks. (1875) II. 289 The ayes proved 138 and the noes 129;..and when at last the tellers for the ayes would have agreed the noes to be 142, the noes would needs say that they were 143. 1710 True Acct. Last Distemper T. Whigg ii. 50 The No's fronting to the East, the Yea's to the West. 1781 J. Hatsell Precedents Proc. House of Commons 73 If this question for adjournment takes place before four o'clock in the afternoon, and there is a division upon it, the Yeas go forth; if after four o'clock, the Noes. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 332 The House then divided on the previous question moved by Lord Castlereagh:—Ayes..208 | Noes..152 − Majority 56. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 26 The Ayes were one hundred and eighty-two and the Noes one hundred and eighty-three. 1909 T. H. Lewin Lewin Lett. I. ii. 187 Not a single dissentient voice being heard, the Chairman gravely announced—‘The Noes have it,’ and sat down. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 June 2/3 Tellers for the No, Mr. Pirie and Mr. Watson Rutherford... It must be a proud moment in a member's life when he finds two fellow-members waiting to count him and him alone. 1972 Pearce Rep. June 2 We believe that most of the ‘Noes’ sprang from a genuine, deeply-felt opposition to the Proposals. 1984 J. Archer First among Equals (1985) xii. 138 He followed the surge of Labour members into the Noes lobby. 1985 M. Meyer Strindberg xii 189 The noes had it; the play was withdrawn after nine performances. 2009 Assembly Jrnl., State of Wisconsin (99th Regular Session) 16 Sept. 373/2 Passage: Ayes: 6—Representatives Hebl, Colon, Kessler, Cullen, Richards and Turner. Noes: 4—Representatives Gundrum, Kerkman, Kramer and Zipperer. < as lemmas |
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