单词 | dorothy dix question |
释义 | > as lemmasDorothy Dix question 1. Politics. A parliamentary question which the respondent knows will be asked, intended to prompt a prepared reply. Also Dorothy Dix question. 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 > [noun] > question put to minister > type of private notice question1913 Dorothy Dix1941 1941 Through: Official Jrnl. Signals 8th Austral. Division Dec. 4 Rarely is it we can slip by our Dorothy Dix. 1963 Austral. Financial Rev. 31 Oct. 16/2 Queensland Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin may have been posing a ‘Dorothy Dix’ (political jargon for a planted question) to Senator Sir William Spooner. 1974 P. Blazey & A. Campbell Polit. Dice Men 90 Whitlam, in answer to a Dorothy Dix question, on April 11, roundly attacked Snedden's economic policy. 2005 Northern Territory News (Nexis) 13 Nov. 18 Ministers talked far too long in answer to Dorothy Dix questions from Labor's own backbench. < as lemmas |
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