vote of censure

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ˌvote of ˈcensure noun (plural votes of censure) [countable]  PGPPPVa process in which members of parliament vote in order to officially criticize the government for something 〔议员对政府的〕谴责投票

Examples from the Corpus

vote of censure• The Labour Party had put down a vote of censure and there was much rumbling on the Tory backbenches.• The reprimand stops just short of a vote of censure, which would have forced Gingrich to resign as speaker.• Its only real weapon over the government is that it can propose a vote of censure.• When Parliament returned, the Opposition would take the matter up and proceed to a vote of censure.

ˌvote of ˈcensure nounChineseSyllable  

process parliament a which vote members in Corpus of

vote of censure
ˌvote of ˈcensure noun (plural votes of censure) [countable]
a process in which members of parliament vote in order to officially criticize the government for something