单词 | free vote |
释义 | free vote From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfree voteˌfree ˈvote noun [countable] British Englisha situation in which members of the British parliament can choose how to vote rather than following the choice of their political partyExamples from the Corpusfree vote• Members are traditionally allowed a free vote and can not be instructed by their party to follow a line.• The issues of Maastricht - single currency, sovereignty and legal structure - deserve thorough scrutiny and a free vote.• On a free vote the amendment was carried by 292 votes to 246, a majority of forty six.• Who is really winning will not be known before the free vote on the embryo Bill in the new year. |
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