单词 | come up for something |
释义 | come up for something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcome up for something phrasal verb1 come up for discussion/examination/review etcFUTURE to be discussed, examined etc This matter will come up for discussion at next month’s meeting. The regulations come up for review in April.2 come up for election/re-election/selection etcVOTE/ELECT to reach the time when people have to vote about whether you should continue in a political position The governors come up for re-election next year. → come→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscome up for • They are not tremendously significant unless a person s name comes up for a more senior position.• The issue won't come up for a vote for several weeks.• It should come up for council approval no later than early March.• When the matter came up for hearing, Bradley attended.• Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct.come up for discussion/examination/review etc• BUndeterred, the group is revising its proposal and plans to contest every license that comes up for review.come up for election/re-election/selection etc• At each two-yearly election one-third of the Senate comes up for re-election.• It affects us all and its practitioners do not come up for re-election every five years. |
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