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单词 green paper
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Green Paper

noun British.

a report presenting the policy proposals of the government, to be discussed in Parliament.

Origin of Green Paper

First recorded in 1945–50; apparently so called from the color of the paper on which they are printed

Words nearby Green Paper

Greenock, greenockite, green onion, green osier, Greenough, Green Paper, Green party, green pea, Greenpeace, green peach aphid, green pepper
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Example sentences from the Web for Green Paper

  • The green-paper shade, which did not roll up very well, at the west window was of her devising.

    The Stillwater Tragedy|Thomas Bailey Aldrich

  • His lodger, with burning cheeks, fled to her room, and drew down the green-paper shade.

    A Singular Life|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

  • She turned the key in the lock and ran to the window, pulling its green-paper shade aside.

    Donald and Dorothy|Mary Mapes Dodge

British Dictionary definitions for Green Paper

green paper

noun

(often capitals) (in Britain) a command paper containing policy proposals to be discussed, esp by Parliament
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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