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
- : 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.
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