英语词汇“to cross the floor”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Politics. to cross the floor: (esp. in a parliamentary system) to vote against one's own party, or leave one's party to join another; (in extended use) to change sides on an issue, to reverse one's opinion or position. [From the practice whereby, in a chamber where government and opposition parties sit opposite and facing each other, members of parliament literally cross the floor to sit on the other side, either to join another party or (in some countries) to vote against their own.]

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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > desert one's party or principles

declinec1374

starta1450

revert?a1525

to fall away1535

to turn (one's) tippet1546

revolt1549

shrink1553

to turn one's coat1565

to come over1576

apostate1596

to change (one's) sides1596

defect1596

renegade1611

to change foot1618

to run over1643

to face about1645

apostatize1648

tergiverse1675

tergiversate1678

desert1689

apostasize1696

renegado1731

rat1810

to cross the floor1822

turncoat1892

to take (the) soup1907

turn1977

1822 Parl. Deb. 2nd Ser. 6 1126 By the single circumstance of his having crossed the floor, with his friends, the country has still to pay 1,500,000l. a year, the amount of the salt tax. But a very little while ago, the doctor was the champion for the repeal of the salt tax.

1943 C. Headlam Diary 1 Nov. in S. Ball Parl. & Politics in Age Churchill & Attlee (1999) xi. 389 Mr Quintin Hogg has denied that he proposes to cross the floor of the House—this must be a great relief to every true blue Tory!

1956 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 316 649/1 I take it as a personal insult that an Opposition member should suggest that anyone on this side is capable of crossing the floor. We are 100 per cent true to the Labour Government.

1994 Toronto Star 30 July c4/2 Holden crossed the floor of the assembly to join the PQ last year.

2011 Daily Tel. 27 Jan. (Business section) b1/4 A senior Bank of England policymaker has crossed the floor to call for an interest rate rise.

单词	to cross the floor
释义	> as lemmas to cross the floor Politics. to cross the floor: (esp. in a parliamentary system) to vote against one's own party, or leave one's party to join another; (in extended use) to change sides on an issue, to reverse one's opinion or position. [From the practice whereby, in a chamber where government and opposition parties sit opposite and facing each other, members of parliament literally cross the floor to sit on the other side, either to join another party or (in some countries) to vote against their own.] ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > desert one's party or principles declinec1374 starta1450 revert?a1525 to fall away1535 to turn (one's) tippet1546 revolt1549 shrink1553 to turn one's coat1565 to come over1576 apostate1596 to change (one's) sides1596 defect1596 renegade1611 to change foot1618 to run over1643 to face about1645 apostatize1648 tergiverse1675 tergiversate1678 desert1689 apostasize1696 renegado1731 rat1810 to cross the floor1822 turncoat1892 to take (the) soup1907 turn1977 1822 Parl. Deb. 2nd Ser. 6 1126 By the single circumstance of his having crossed the floor, with his friends, the country has still to pay 1,500,000l. a year, the amount of the salt tax. But a very little while ago, the doctor was the champion for the repeal of the salt tax. 1943 C. Headlam Diary 1 Nov. in S. Ball Parl. & Politics in Age Churchill & Attlee (1999) xi. 389 Mr Quintin Hogg has denied that he proposes to cross the floor of the House—this must be a great relief to every true blue Tory! 1956 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 316 649/1 I take it as a personal insult that an Opposition member should suggest that anyone on this side is capable of crossing the floor. We are 100 per cent true to the Labour Government. 1994 Toronto Star 30 July c4/2 Holden crossed the floor of the assembly to join the PQ last year. 2011 Daily Tel. 27 Jan. (Business section) b1/4 A senior Bank of England policymaker has crossed the floor to call for an interest rate rise. extracted from crossv. < as lemmas
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