英语词汇“snap election”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

f. In Parliamentary usage, as snap bill, snap dissolution, snap division, snap election, snap vote, one obtained or taken unexpectedly or when comparatively few members are present.

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1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xx. 96 It was evident that this was only what is called a ‘snap’ vote.

1883 E. W. Hamilton Diary 19 July (1972) II. 461 The Agricultural Holdings Bill..is on the whole being well received, though the Government were on Tuesday defeated by a snap division on a landlords' amendment.

1884 Nonconformist & Independent 7 Feb. 129/2 The majority was the result of a ‘snap division’.

1892 Rev. Reviews V. 3/2 Administrations have tried by a snap dissolution..to capture a fresh majority.

1940 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Mar. 12/3 The outcome of the voting in Canada is no surprise. It was a ‘snap’ election engineered with the greatest skill by Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King and the results have fully justified his astute political strategy.

1973 Times 8 Dec. 3/8 The strong majority..who do not think the Government should hold a snap general election on this issue are mainly Conservative voters.

1975 J. P. Morgan House of Lords & Labour Govt. viii. 217 The reformers themselves therefore argued that the announcement should be made immediately, and the Lords' reform, including any mention of a snap Bill, indefinitely deferred.

单词	snap election
释义	> as lemmas snap election f. In Parliamentary usage, as snap bill, snap dissolution, snap division, snap election, snap vote, one obtained or taken unexpectedly or when comparatively few members are present. ΚΠ 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xx. 96 It was evident that this was only what is called a ‘snap’ vote. 1883 E. W. Hamilton Diary 19 July (1972) II. 461 The Agricultural Holdings Bill..is on the whole being well received, though the Government were on Tuesday defeated by a snap division on a landlords' amendment. 1884 Nonconformist & Independent 7 Feb. 129/2 The majority was the result of a ‘snap division’. 1892 Rev. Reviews V. 3/2 Administrations have tried by a snap dissolution..to capture a fresh majority. 1940 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Mar. 12/3 The outcome of the voting in Canada is no surprise. It was a ‘snap’ election engineered with the greatest skill by Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King and the results have fully justified his astute political strategy. 1973 Times 8 Dec. 3/8 The strong majority..who do not think the Government should hold a snap general election on this issue are mainly Conservative voters. 1975 J. P. Morgan House of Lords & Labour Govt. viii. 217 The reformers themselves therefore argued that the announcement should be made immediately, and the Lords' reform, including any mention of a snap Bill, indefinitely deferred. extracted from snap-comb. form < as lemmas
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