| 单词 | three-line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthree-line three-line adj. = three-lined adj. ΘΚΠ 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 > [adjective] > subjected to whip > type of whip two-line1770 five-lined1787 three-lineda1912 three-line1939 1939 W. I. Jennings Parliament iii. 78 A ‘three-line whip’ indicates that all other engagements should be put aside. 1958 Spectator 27 June 826/3 A debate sufficiently important to warrant a three-line whip. 1975 J. P. Morgan House of Lords & Labour Govt. iv. 127 Labour Peers took their own vote on the question of the vote in the Lords, choosing a free vote, unlike M.P.s who agreed to submit to a three-line whip. < as lemmas |
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