life peer
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌlaɪf ˈpɪər]
- 美式音标 [ˌlaɪf ˈpɪr]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- （英國的）終身貴族。
英汉例句
- He was knighted in 1957 and later made a life peer.
他於1957年被封爲爵士，而且後來也成爲一位終身貴族。 - 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，政府確認了這項封號，同時還第一次給予婦女獲得爵位的權利。 - 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.
大多數勛爵是“世襲”的，即兒子可以繼承父親的頭啣。但近來一種新的勛爵，即“非世襲的終身貴族”進入了上議院。 - Its membership is composed of peers and life peers and bishops.
從理論上說，在民主時代，它不可能立足。
英英字典
- 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