life peer
常見例句
- He was knighted in 1957 and later made a life peer.
他于1957年被封為爵士,而且后來(lái)也成為一位終身貴族。 - He was knighted in 1992 and created and an honorary life peer in 1997.
韋伯于1992年被授予爵士頭銜,1997年晉升為終身貴族。 - A life peer is created by the Government under the Life Peerages Act 1958, which also admitted women to membership for the first time.
在1958年的終身貴族法案中,政府確認(rèn)了這項(xiàng)封號(hào),同時(shí)還第一次給予婦女獲得爵位的權(quán)利。 - Most of the Lords are "hereditary" which means that their titles have come down from father to son, but recently a new sort of Lord, a "life peer", has been introduced into the House of Lords.
大多數(shù)勛爵是“世襲”的,即兒子可以繼承父親的頭銜。但近來(lái)一種新的勛爵,即“非世襲的終身貴族”進(jìn)入了上議院。 - Its membership is composed of peers and life peers and bishops.
從理論上說,在民主時(shí)代,它不可能立足。 - There is, therefore, a reducing aristocratic dimension but there is no democratic dimension at all since life peers are appointed and not elected.
由于終審貴族式指定或任命的,而不是選舉的,因此,貴族政治在弱化,但是民主政治卻沒有增強(qiáng)。 返回 life peer