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单词 all-night sitting
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all-night sitting
all-night sitting n. Politics (originally and chiefly British) (in a legislative assembly, etc.) a session of business, esp. a parliamentary debate, which continues into or throughout the night.
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1861 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 2 Aug. 7/3 The recent all-night sittings of Parliament.
1878 Newcastle Courant 5 Apr. 8/4 (heading) Exciting scene in the House of Commons.—An all night sitting.
1939 W. I. Jennings Parliament v. 138 Most all-night sittings are due to the fact that an agreement cannot be reached.
2001 Irish Times (Electronic ed.) 30 Aug. A special all-night sitting of the [Australian] senate had yet to conclude at the time of going to press although the Bill had been passed by the lower House of Representatives.
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