take the Chiltern Hundreds

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To vacate one's seat in the House of Commons (since resignation is not permitted), under the legal fiction of being appointed to an "office of profit under the Crown": the ancient office of Crown Steward for the Chiltern Hundreds, in modern times a mere sinecure. UK

词形变化

takes the Chiltern Hundreds present,singular,third-person taking the Chiltern Hundreds participle,present took the Chiltern Hundreds past taken the Chiltern Hundreds participle,past
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