单词 | to take the sense of |
释义 | > as lemmasto take the sense of c. to take the sense of: to ascertain the general feeling or opinion of a formal body such as a court, committee, legislative assembly, etc. Now chiefly Indian English. ΚΠ a1675 B. Whitelocke Memorials Eng. Affairs (1682) anno 1647 263/2 A Petition..reproaching the Houses for passing the late Ordinance..without first taking the sence of that Court about it. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 387/2 It is my Duty, if the Motion is not retracted, to take the Sense of the House upon it. 1778 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) III. 343 Pray let us take the sense of the University;—not that they are the judges whom I most admire. 1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington ii. 35 He ran down to the country to take the sense of his constituents. 1864 Deb. Constit. Convent. Maryland III. 1744/1 Any submission of the question to a vote, which does not take their sense of it, does not take the sense of the people of the State. 1903 Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. 355 The Chairman took the sense of the Committee, and left the Chair at 5.30 p.m. 1958 Internat. Affairs 34 467 The sultan, the authority figure (or his chief minister), took the sense of the meeting and acted upon it. 1993 Times of India 12 May 1/2 The speaker..took the sense of the house. 2013 Assam (India) Tribune (Nexis) 18 Dec. Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien..assured that he would first take the sense of the House before taking a decision in this regard. < as lemmas |
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