guillotining
present participle ofguillotine
| 单词 | guillotining |
| 释义 | guillotining present participle ofguillotine guillotine verb[T] uk/ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/us/ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/guillotineverb[T](KILL)tocutsomeone'sheadoff using a guillotine: During theFrenchRevolution, thousands ofpeoplewere guillotined. Death penalties
guillotineverb[T](LIMIT)politicsUKspecialized to set afixedtimebefore afinalvotemust be taken on aparticularlawin Parliament: Thebillwas guillotined at thecommitteestage. UK politics: legislation & law-making
Examplesofguillotiningguillotining In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. That suggests that theguillotiningis going to be pretty ruthless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately variations in the manufacture of the envelopes and in theguillotiningof the payslips do on occasions give rise to the difficulties mentioned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When we talk about timetabling, we think aboutguillotining, because that is what we are used to dealing with. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We must also stop drawing a comparison betweenguillotiningand programming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those matters clearly will require more mature reflection, andguillotiningdebate on them will not help. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a distinction between timetabling andguillotining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Guillotiningis cutting off debate, whereas programming is getting together to decide where and when we debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is wrong to use the term "guillotining". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is seriously over-congested and theguillotiningregime is far too aggressive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, there are many precedents forguillotiningconstitutional measures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If he meant that the opinion of parents should be retained, why not accept the amendment, instead ofguillotiningdiscussion of it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why does she not accept this reasonable amendment instead ofguillotiningit and preventing it from being discussed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 With 1997 hindsight, can he now say that theguillotiningof the poll tax legislation was justified? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a fundamental difference between timetabling andguillotining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That makes theguillotiningof the debate even more important. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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