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

6. British (chiefly Politics). to nod through.

a. transitive. Parliament. To record the vote of (a member of Parliament) when he or she is within the precincts of Westminster but has not passed through the voting lobby, esp. in the case of illness or disability. Also more fully to nod through the division (lobby).

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1965 Times 7 May 14/1 The whips have a civilized old practice whereby M.P.s who are so unfit or incapacitated that they cannot walk through the division lobby may be nodded for by the appropriate chief whip.]

1971 H. Wilson Labour Govt. vii. 99 There was morbid speculation on the question whether, if a member were to die at say 9.00 p.m., the Chief Whip would be justified in ‘nodding him through’ a ten o'clock division, while the ambulance was still on its way.

1975 Daily Tel. 19 July 2/6 Mr Wood, Conservative M P for Bridlington, who has a war disability, was ‘nodded through’ the division lobby after he had ‘paired’ with a Labour M P.

1996 Times 28 Feb. 8/8 The ambulance men escorted him in for a drink and the Tory whips nodded him through in the dining room.

b. transitive. To pass (a bill) or agree (a point) without lengthy debate or a formal vote; to ratify or approve quickly or informally. Occasionally more fully to nod through Parliament. Cf. on the nod at nod n.¹ Phrases 2.

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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 > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [verb (transitive)] > pass motion or bill

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to nod through1976

1976 Economist (Nexis) 24 Jan. 63 It was nodded through unanimously by heads of government.

1987 Times 18 June 21/8 The Channel Tunnel Bill is expected to be nodded through when it comes up for ratification in Westminster next month.

1999 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. (Connected section) 6/2 When politicians nod the census White Paper through Parliament by the end of this year they'll want to know religion and incomes as well.

单词	to nod through
释义	> as lemmas to nod through 6. British (chiefly Politics). to nod through. a. transitive. Parliament. To record the vote of (a member of Parliament) when he or she is within the precincts of Westminster but has not passed through the voting lobby, esp. in the case of illness or disability. Also more fully to nod through the division (lobby). ΚΠ 1965 Times 7 May 14/1 The whips have a civilized old practice whereby M.P.s who are so unfit or incapacitated that they cannot walk through the division lobby may be nodded for by the appropriate chief whip.] 1971 H. Wilson Labour Govt. vii. 99 There was morbid speculation on the question whether, if a member were to die at say 9.00 p.m., the Chief Whip would be justified in ‘nodding him through’ a ten o'clock division, while the ambulance was still on its way. 1975 Daily Tel. 19 July 2/6 Mr Wood, Conservative M P for Bridlington, who has a war disability, was ‘nodded through’ the division lobby after he had ‘paired’ with a Labour M P. 1996 Times 28 Feb. 8/8 The ambulance men escorted him in for a drink and the Tory whips nodded him through in the dining room. b. transitive. To pass (a bill) or agree (a point) without lengthy debate or a formal vote; to ratify or approve quickly or informally. Occasionally more fully to nod through Parliament. Cf. on the nod at nod n.¹ Phrases 2. 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 > [verb (transitive)] > pass motion or bill carry1640 snap1883 to nod through1976 1976 Economist (Nexis) 24 Jan. 63 It was nodded through unanimously by heads of government. 1987 Times 18 June 21/8 The Channel Tunnel Bill is expected to be nodded through when it comes up for ratification in Westminster next month. 1999 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. (Connected section) 6/2 When politicians nod the census White Paper through Parliament by the end of this year they'll want to know religion and incomes as well. extracted from nodv. < as lemmas
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