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unparliamentary

/uhn-pahr-luh-men-tuh-ree, -tree/US // ˌʌn pɑr ləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri //UK // (ˌʌnpɑːləˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ) //

非议会,非议会性,非议会的,非议会式

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not parliamentary; at variance with or contrary to the methods employed by parliamentary bodies.

Examples

  • It was said to be most unparliamentary to pass a bill one week, and the next week to pass a resolution condemning that bill.

  • But he shrank from proposing this—the dear man might think it unparliamentary.

  • Don't you know driving this sort of conveyance slap along the gravel 'ere, up to the pillars, 's unparliamentary?

  • They stormed only because he made an unparliamentary use of his constitutional right.

  • His language, when he spoke, was reckoned unparliamentary (as it undeniably was), and he dissolved the Long Parliament.