英语词汇“to keep a house”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. Politics. to keep a House: to secure the presence of enough members to maintain a quorum in a parliamentary house (see sense A. 5a). Cf. to make a House at make v.¹ 17b. Now rare.

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1790 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XXVII. 18 They would find it as difficult to make a quorum as it had been to keep a House.

1892 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 Feb. 114/2 Those who remain..for the sake of ‘keeping a house’.

1924 Times 14 Jan. 18 How was a Labour Government to succeed in highly controversial matters in keeping a house?

2010 United News of India (Nexis) 10 Feb. He..said the functioning of parliamentary democracy depended on how the whips shoulder responsibilities. Whips ‘make and keep’ a House.

单词	to keep a house
释义	> as lemmas to keep a House e. Politics. to keep a House: to secure the presence of enough members to maintain a quorum in a parliamentary house (see sense A. 5a). Cf. to make a House at make v.¹ 17b. Now rare. ΚΠ 1790 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XXVII. 18 They would find it as difficult to make a quorum as it had been to keep a House. 1892 Chambers's Jrnl. 20 Feb. 114/2 Those who remain..for the sake of ‘keeping a house’. 1924 Times 14 Jan. 18 How was a Labour Government to succeed in highly controversial matters in keeping a house? 2010 United News of India (Nexis) 10 Feb. He..said the functioning of parliamentary democracy depended on how the whips shoulder responsibilities. Whips ‘make and keep’ a House. extracted from housen.¹int. < as lemmas
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