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单词 party line
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Definition of party line in English:

party line

noun
  • 1A policy, or the policies collectively, officially adopted by a political party.

    政党的路线,政党的政策

    they rarely fail to toe the party line

    他们几乎总是服从党的路线。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The split, however, may not be across political party lines.
    • Toeing the party line is a requirement for any aspiring politician, and the leader is boss.
    • I can't place all the blame on Rove and company - these are tendencies that have metastasized across party lines in the modern political era.
    • ‘Many candidates have views that differ from political party lines and people vote for individuals, so we were not happy with that,’ said Ms Fleming.
    • Second, I want to reach across party lines and speak to Democrats in both houses.
    • The amendment would prevent any form of disciplinary action against an MP who votes contrary to party lines.
    • She had to speak with authority in support of the party line to keep her official position in the government.
    • Jan is also concerned that existing political parties are under pressure to toe the national party line rather than focus on the local picture.
    • In case you can't imagine the extent to which the politicians who come on that show mouth the party line, I have inside information.
    • I can tell members that the committee divided clearly on party lines.
    • While major divisions existed between republicans and monarchists, these were not cleanly organized across party lines.
    • Most of them loyally toe the party line for the sake of their careers.
    • Fundamentally, the Act was designed to enhance the power of the party leaderships and ensure that MPs toed the party line.
    • Moreover, there are often only minor differences in the opinions of candidates on space policy, even across party lines.
    • A revolution, especially a transnational one, needs ideologues, pamphlets and party lines to articulate its message to the world.
    • Dissidents, or anyone not toeing the party line, are regularly rounded up.
    • Sectarian organizations with party lines and hierarchical, anti-democratic structures disrupt attempts to move forward collectively.
    • The official party lines seem to be that if they dismiss the BNP out of hand, all the voters will do the same.
    • Councillors voted along party lines, with seven Tories against the scheme and five Liberal Democrats in favour.
    • The councillors, cutting across party lines, seem to be with her in sprucing up the city and in cracking down on pavement encroachers, which is seen to be a politically sensitive issue.
    Synonyms
    policy, programme, manifesto, plan, plan of action, principles, tenets, objectives, aims
  • 2A telephone line or circuit shared by two or more subscribers.

    合用电话线

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's like the difference between regular telephone lines and the old party lines that put a bunch of houses all on one line.
    • Instead, he/she rang all the phones on the party line, giving three rings if the call was for number three, four rings for number four and so on.
    • E. used to have the best job a gossip could hope for - telephone operator in a small town in the days of party lines.
    • The phone was a party line which closed at midnight from Monday to Saturday and at 8 p.m. on Sundays.
    • These were all party lines on which everyone up and down the line could, and did, listen in!

Definition of party line in US English:

party line

nounˈpɑrdi ˌlaɪnˈpärdē ˌlīn
  • 1A policy, or the policies collectively, officially adopted by a political party.

    政党的路线,政党的政策

    they rarely fail to toe the party line

    他们几乎总是服从党的路线。

    as modifier a party-line voter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sectarian organizations with party lines and hierarchical, anti-democratic structures disrupt attempts to move forward collectively.
    • Councillors voted along party lines, with seven Tories against the scheme and five Liberal Democrats in favour.
    • She had to speak with authority in support of the party line to keep her official position in the government.
    • The official party lines seem to be that if they dismiss the BNP out of hand, all the voters will do the same.
    • In case you can't imagine the extent to which the politicians who come on that show mouth the party line, I have inside information.
    • The split, however, may not be across political party lines.
    • I can tell members that the committee divided clearly on party lines.
    • I can't place all the blame on Rove and company - these are tendencies that have metastasized across party lines in the modern political era.
    • Second, I want to reach across party lines and speak to Democrats in both houses.
    • Jan is also concerned that existing political parties are under pressure to toe the national party line rather than focus on the local picture.
    • The councillors, cutting across party lines, seem to be with her in sprucing up the city and in cracking down on pavement encroachers, which is seen to be a politically sensitive issue.
    • ‘Many candidates have views that differ from political party lines and people vote for individuals, so we were not happy with that,’ said Ms Fleming.
    • While major divisions existed between republicans and monarchists, these were not cleanly organized across party lines.
    • Dissidents, or anyone not toeing the party line, are regularly rounded up.
    • Toeing the party line is a requirement for any aspiring politician, and the leader is boss.
    • Moreover, there are often only minor differences in the opinions of candidates on space policy, even across party lines.
    • A revolution, especially a transnational one, needs ideologues, pamphlets and party lines to articulate its message to the world.
    • Fundamentally, the Act was designed to enhance the power of the party leaderships and ensure that MPs toed the party line.
    • Most of them loyally toe the party line for the sake of their careers.
    • The amendment would prevent any form of disciplinary action against an MP who votes contrary to party lines.
    Synonyms
    policy, programme, manifesto, plan, plan of action, principles, tenets, objectives, aims
  • 2A telephone line or circuit shared by two or more subscribers.

    合用电话线

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's like the difference between regular telephone lines and the old party lines that put a bunch of houses all on one line.
    • Instead, he/she rang all the phones on the party line, giving three rings if the call was for number three, four rings for number four and so on.
    • These were all party lines on which everyone up and down the line could, and did, listen in!
    • E. used to have the best job a gossip could hope for - telephone operator in a small town in the days of party lines.
    • The phone was a party line which closed at midnight from Monday to Saturday and at 8 p.m. on Sundays.
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