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

(b) to lie on (also upon) the table: to be set aside for discussion or consideration at a later date; (also) to be postponed indefinitely.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > be under consideration

to lie on (also upon) the table1679

1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation I. ii. 148 On the 4th of February the Commons sent up a Bill to the Lords about the Consecration of Bishops; it lay on the Table till the 27th of February, and was then cast out, and a new one drawn.

1703 A. Fletcher Speeches i. 3 Experience may teach us, that such Acts should be the last of every Session; or lie upon the Table, till all other great Affairs of the Nation be finished.

1744 in New Jersey Archives (1882) 1st Ser. VI. 191 The House of Representatives..would not commit it [sc. a bill] but ordered it to lie on the table.

1790 W. Maclay Jrnl. 1 June (1927) 272 I had concluded that I thought it best that the bill should lie on the table until the resolution came up.

1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 336 The petition was ordered to lie on the table.

1863 United Presbyterian Mag. May 233/2 It was agreed that the whole matter should, in the meantime, lie on the table.

1935 S. Ervin Henry Ford vs. Truman H. Newberry vi. 76 Two reports..were presented in the Senate and were ordered to be printed and to lie on the table.

1986 Telegraph (Brisbane) 6 Aug. 27/1 This Government..will let it lie on the table for at least a week (three sitting days).

2001 Oxoniensia 65 136 The report was allowed to ‘lie on the table’ for the attention of the new council.

2003 C. Emsley in T. Newburn Handbk. Policing iv. 80 Frequent suggestions..that the smaller forces be amalgamated with their larger neighbours were similarly left to lie on the table.

单词	to lie on the table
释义	> as lemmas to lie on (also upon) the table (b) to lie on (also upon) the table: to be set aside for discussion or consideration at a later date; (also) to be postponed indefinitely. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > be under consideration to lie on (also upon) the table1679 1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation I. ii. 148 On the 4th of February the Commons sent up a Bill to the Lords about the Consecration of Bishops; it lay on the Table till the 27th of February, and was then cast out, and a new one drawn. 1703 A. Fletcher Speeches i. 3 Experience may teach us, that such Acts should be the last of every Session; or lie upon the Table, till all other great Affairs of the Nation be finished. 1744 in New Jersey Archives (1882) 1st Ser. VI. 191 The House of Representatives..would not commit it [sc. a bill] but ordered it to lie on the table. 1790 W. Maclay Jrnl. 1 June (1927) 272 I had concluded that I thought it best that the bill should lie on the table until the resolution came up. 1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 336 The petition was ordered to lie on the table. 1863 United Presbyterian Mag. May 233/2 It was agreed that the whole matter should, in the meantime, lie on the table. 1935 S. Ervin Henry Ford vs. Truman H. Newberry vi. 76 Two reports..were presented in the Senate and were ordered to be printed and to lie on the table. 1986 Telegraph (Brisbane) 6 Aug. 27/1 This Government..will let it lie on the table for at least a week (three sitting days). 2001 Oxoniensia 65 136 The report was allowed to ‘lie on the table’ for the attention of the new council. 2003 C. Emsley in T. Newburn Handbk. Policing iv. 80 Frequent suggestions..that the smaller forces be amalgamated with their larger neighbours were similarly left to lie on the table. extracted from tablen. < as lemmas
随便看	to bangle to bangle away to bank to bank on to bar a vein to bar by and main to bar out to bar the dice to bargain and sell to bargain away to bargain for to barge it to barge one's way to bark to bark against the moon to bark at the moon to bark up the wrong tree to barrel off to barter away to bash on to bash one's head against a brick wall to bash up to bask in the sunshine of to basset away to baste etc his coat

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