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单词 prorogue
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Definition of prorogue in English:

prorogue

verbprorogued, prorogues, proroguing prəˈrəʊɡproʊˈroʊɡ
[with object]
  • Discontinue a session of (a parliament or other legislative assembly) without dissolving it.

    使(议会等)休会

    James prorogued this Parliament, never to call another one

    詹姆斯中止了本届议会,再也没有召集过另一届议会。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Political analysts speculated that she will not face a vote unless certain of victory, predicting that she may either prorogue Parliament for another two months or dissolve it in favor of general elections.
    • The government was hoping to prorogue parliament on 20 November.
    • On 27 July 1939, he issued a decree proroguing Parliament and suspending by-elections until June 1942, a measure unprecedented in peacetime.
    • In 1991, he prorogued parliament in order to block an impeachment motion against him.
    • The revival of religious controversy was extremely unwelcome to Whig ministers and when the matter was raised in the lower house of convocation, that body was hastily prorogued, not to meet again until 1852.
    Synonyms
    disband, disestablish, dismiss

Derivatives

  • prorogation

  • noun prəʊrəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)nˌproʊrəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n
    mass noun
    • The action of discontinuing a session of a parliament or other legislative assembly without dissolving it.

      使(议会等)休会

      the government's loss of control necessitated the prorogation of parliament
      Example sentencesExamples
      • count noun politically motivated prorogations
      • It was the year of Bloody Sunday in Derry and the Widgery Inquiry, the year of the burning of the British Embassy in Dublin, the prorogation of the Stormont Parliament and the introduction of direct rule in Northern Ireland.
      • In volume 3 of the materials, tab 5, page 430, there are three things, adjournment, prorogation and dissolution.
      • A prorogation is not a dissolution - a prorogued Parliament can meet again without an intervening election.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French proroger, from Latin prorogare 'prolong, extend', from pro- 'in front of, publicly' + rogare 'ask'.

Rhymes

brogue, disembogue, drogue, pirog, pirogue, rogue, vogue

Definition of prorogue in US English:

prorogue

verbproʊˈroʊɡprōˈrōɡ
[with object]
  • 1Discontinue a session of (a parliament or other legislative assembly) without dissolving it.

    使(议会等)休会

    James prorogued Parliament in 1685 and ruled without it
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The revival of religious controversy was extremely unwelcome to Whig ministers and when the matter was raised in the lower house of convocation, that body was hastily prorogued, not to meet again until 1852.
    • In 1991, he prorogued parliament in order to block an impeachment motion against him.
    • The government was hoping to prorogue parliament on 20 November.
    • Political analysts speculated that she will not face a vote unless certain of victory, predicting that she may either prorogue Parliament for another two months or dissolve it in favor of general elections.
    • On 27 July 1939, he issued a decree proroguing Parliament and suspending by-elections until June 1942, a measure unprecedented in peacetime.
    Synonyms
    disband, disestablish, dismiss
    1. 1.1no object (of a legislative assembly) be discontinued without being dissolved.
      the House was all set to prorogue

      下院准备好休会了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Will the issue be dealt with before we prorogue in the autumn or before we rise for any general election next year?
      • The wealthy creditors of the Council, however, opposed inflation, and they rejected the House bill, after which ‘the General Court prorogued in a bad temper.’

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French proroger, from Latin prorogare ‘prolong, extend’, from pro- ‘in front of, publicly’ + rogare ‘ask’.

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