英语词汇“to get or obtain 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

a. In legislative assemblies, the part of the house where the members sit, and from which they speak.

Hence figurative. The right of speaking; as to get or obtain the floor. to take the floor: to get up to address a meeting; to take part in a debate. Chiefly U.S.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > place of > parts of

floor1774

gangway1818

lobby1845

back bench1874

front bench1891

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > take turn in conversation or debate

to take the speech1612

to take the floor1804

to get or obtain the floor1816

to take up the ball1873

1774 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 12 He came upon the floor, and asked a member, ‘What state are you now in?’

1804 Pitt Speeches (1806) IV. 354 The right honourable gentleman on the floor.

1811 B. Rush in J. Q. Adams' Wks. (1854) IX. 638 (note) It blazed forth..in the year 1776 upon the floor of Congress.

1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. (at cited word) To get the floor; that is, to obtain an opportunity of taking part in a debate.

1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlvi. 391 The Conservatives get what American politicians call ‘the floor’.

1885 Manch. Examiner 15 May 6/1 Sauntering boldly up the floor of the House.

1886 Literary World (Boston) 11 Dec. 469/1 The President took the floor to second the above resolutions.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xii. 157 The senator from Minnesota has the floor.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiii. 177 The member who first ‘obtains the floor’.

单词	to get or obtain the floor
释义	> as lemmas to get or obtain the floor a. In legislative assemblies, the part of the house where the members sit, and from which they speak. Hence figurative. The right of speaking; as to get or obtain the floor. to take the floor: to get up to address a meeting; to take part in a debate. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > place of > parts of floor1774 gangway1818 lobby1845 back bench1874 front bench1891 the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > take turn in conversation or debate to take the speech1612 to take the floor1804 to get or obtain the floor1816 to take up the ball1873 1774 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 12 He came upon the floor, and asked a member, ‘What state are you now in?’ 1804 Pitt Speeches (1806) IV. 354 The right honourable gentleman on the floor. 1811 B. Rush in J. Q. Adams' Wks. (1854) IX. 638 (note) It blazed forth..in the year 1776 upon the floor of Congress. 1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. (at cited word) To get the floor; that is, to obtain an opportunity of taking part in a debate. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlvi. 391 The Conservatives get what American politicians call ‘the floor’. 1885 Manch. Examiner 15 May 6/1 Sauntering boldly up the floor of the House. 1886 Literary World (Boston) 11 Dec. 469/1 The President took the floor to second the above resolutions. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xii. 157 The senator from Minnesota has the floor. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiii. 177 The member who first ‘obtains the floor’. extracted from floorn.¹ < as lemmas
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