working majority

British EnglishBrE enough support in parliament for a government to continue making laws and ruling a country 〔议会中支持政府的〕有效多数

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working majority• None gave the Tories a hope of being elected with a working majority.• The debate was acrimonious, with opposition parties denouncing Shamir's deals with defectors from other parties to win his working majority.• With the support of various independents, they gave the General a solid working majority.• The working majority achieved by the Conservatives removed that worry.• Since then, Labour has never won a secure working majority at any election.• Without its support the coalition will not have a working majority in parliament.• Together the four parties had 191 seats, a working majority of 11.• However, a second election took place in September of that year, which gave him a pathetic working majority of four.

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单词	working majority
释义	working majority working majority British EnglishBrE enough support in parliament for a government to continue making laws and ruling a country 〔议会中支持政府的〕有效多数 Examples from the Corpus working majority• None gave the Tories a hope of being elected with a working majority.• The debate was acrimonious, with opposition parties denouncing Shamir's deals with defectors from other parties to win his working majority.• With the support of various independents, they gave the General a solid working majority.• The working majority achieved by the Conservatives removed that worry.• Since then, Labour has never won a secure working majority at any election.• Without its support the coalition will not have a working majority in parliament.• Together the four parties had 191 seats, a working majority of 11.• However, a second election took place in September of that year, which gave him a pathetic working majority of four. → working majority at working1(13)
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