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单词 grace-and-favor
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Definition of grace-and-favor in US English:

grace-and-favor

adjectiveˌɡrāsənˈfāvərˌɡrāsənˈfāvər
British
  • attributive Denoting accommodations occupied by permission of a sovereign or government.

    his mother was given a grace-and-favor apartment in Hampton Court Palace
    Example sentencesExamples
    • March 25, 2005 marks the opening of Suffragettes, Soldiers and Servants, a behind the scenes look at the lives of grace and favour residents at Hampton Court Palace from 1750 to 1950.
    • He lives in an 18th century grace and favour apartment in Admiralty Arch in Whitehall and has the use of a 214-acre official country residence at Dorneywood, Buckinghamshire.
    • But he hasn't been so quick to give back his posh grace and favour London flat owned by the union.
    • He is criticised for spending £13,000 of taxpayers money on new carpets for his grace and favour London flat.
    • But there was concern last night at the way senior Cabinet Ministers were still able to apply for up to £20,902 a year to cover rent or mortgage on a second property when they also get ministerial grace and favour homes.
    • He is under fire for not paying council tax on either of his grace and favour residences.
    • He had Wark and Clements and their children to stay the night at Bute House, his grand grace and favour residence, before the year was out.
    • Yesterday, it also emerged that Wark and her husband have twice stayed overnight at McConnell's grace and favour residence, Bute House in Edinburgh.
    • The reason Greenfield seems so at home among Brown's pampered clientele is because she is staying here while her grace and favour apartment above the Royal Institution is refurbished.
    • The aide, known as ‘Fawcett the Fence’, will also receive financial help to stay in his grace and favour West London house.
    • He points out that he is still living in the Home Secretary's grace and favour flat in central London, despite his resignation.
    • No other Scottish ministers benefit from a grace and favour apartment in London, and have to pay for accommodation in the capital out of their own pocket.

Definition of grace-and-favor in US English:

grace-and-favor

adjectiveˌɡrāsənˈfāvər
British
  • attributive Denoting accommodations occupied by permission of a sovereign or government.

    his mother was given a grace-and-favor apartment in Hampton Court Palace
    Example sentencesExamples
    • March 25, 2005 marks the opening of Suffragettes, Soldiers and Servants, a behind the scenes look at the lives of grace and favour residents at Hampton Court Palace from 1750 to 1950.
    • He lives in an 18th century grace and favour apartment in Admiralty Arch in Whitehall and has the use of a 214-acre official country residence at Dorneywood, Buckinghamshire.
    • But he hasn't been so quick to give back his posh grace and favour London flat owned by the union.
    • He is criticised for spending £13,000 of taxpayers money on new carpets for his grace and favour London flat.
    • But there was concern last night at the way senior Cabinet Ministers were still able to apply for up to £20,902 a year to cover rent or mortgage on a second property when they also get ministerial grace and favour homes.
    • He is under fire for not paying council tax on either of his grace and favour residences.
    • He had Wark and Clements and their children to stay the night at Bute House, his grand grace and favour residence, before the year was out.
    • Yesterday, it also emerged that Wark and her husband have twice stayed overnight at McConnell's grace and favour residence, Bute House in Edinburgh.
    • The reason Greenfield seems so at home among Brown's pampered clientele is because she is staying here while her grace and favour apartment above the Royal Institution is refurbished.
    • The aide, known as ‘Fawcett the Fence’, will also receive financial help to stay in his grace and favour West London house.
    • He points out that he is still living in the Home Secretary's grace and favour flat in central London, despite his resignation.
    • No other Scottish ministers benefit from a grace and favour apartment in London, and have to pay for accommodation in the capital out of their own pocket.
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