| 释义 |
call to order
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | call to order - open formally; "the chairman called the meeting to order by pounding his gavel"open - begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.; "He opened the meeting with a long speech" |
call to order
call to orderTo formally begin or open (something), as of a meeting, trial, convention, etc. It is my pleasure to call to order our first meeting of the year!See also: call, ordercall to orderFormally open a meeting; also, bid people to obey the rules. For example, The chairman used his gavel to call everyone to order, or The judge called the spectators to order and threatened to make them leave. [Early 1800s] See also: call, orderEncyclopediaSeecallFinancialSeeCallcall to order
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