order of the day

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The business to be done by a body (such as a legislature) on a particular day; an agenda.
    — 1808, From the Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, during the Hart affair; Proceedings Relating to the Expulsion of Ezekiel Hart from the House of Assembly of Lower Canada The order of the day for the House to resolve into a Committee of the whole, to take into further consideration, the petition of Ezekiel Hart, Esquire, being read.
  2. The most significant aspect of something; what is necessary or appropriate. figuratively
    — White tie and tails are the order of the day.
  3. The general directive of a commander in chief or the specific instructions of a commanding officer.

词形变化

orders of the day plural
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