prorogue
verb[T]
politicsspecializeduk/prəʊˈrəʊɡ/us/proʊˈroʊɡ/tostoptheactivitiesof aparliamentfor aperiodoftimewithoutdissolvingit:
使(议会)休会Parliament was prorogued when thepremierresigned.总理辞职时,议会正在休会中。
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postpone
Stop having or doing something
- abdicate
- abdication
- bail out
- bandh
- break withsomething
- butt out
- forfeitable
- forgo
- forsake
- forswear
- ghost
- give up
- give up the ghostidiom
- lose
- relinquishment
- self-denying
- self-sacrifice
- self-sacrificing
- step
- throw
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UK politics: government administration & organization