life peer

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

He was knighted in 1957 and later made a life peer.
他於1957年被封爲(wèi)爵士，而且後來(lái)也成爲(wèi)一位終身貴族。
He was knighted in 1992 and created and an honorary life peer in 1997.
韋伯於1992年被授予爵士頭啣，1997年晉陞爲(wèi)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啣。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(shuō)，在民主時(shí)代，它不可能立足。

in the UK, a person who is given the honour of a title such as "Lord" and a place in the House of Lords as a reward for the good things they have done for the country