| 单词 |
Lib-Lab |
| 释义 |
Lib-Lab, a.|ˌlɪbˈlæb|
Abbrev. of Liberal-Labour (see liberal a. 5); also as n. Hence ˌLib-ˈLabbery.
1903Review of Reviews Aug. 113/1 The Progress of the Lib-Labs. The Lib-Lab party is carrying all before it. 1944G. B. Shaw Everybody's Pol. What's What? xxx. 263 Despotic dictators came into fashion as fast as Lib-Lab prime ministers lost face. 1952H. Nicolson King George V vii. 94 Of the 53 Labour members elected in 1906, twenty-nine belonged to the Independent Labour Party and twenty-four were affiliated to the Liberal Party and known as ‘Lib-Labs’. 1960T. I. J. Jones in A. J. Roderick Wales through Ages II. 203 There were a few working class members of parliament before that date [sc. 1900]..but they counted themselves Liberals or at the most ‘Lib-Lab’. Ibid. 205 The early years of the twentieth century saw the appearance of a new more militant type of leader..and his appearance was to bring about the decline of the ‘Lib-Lab’ ideal. 1960Guardian 18 Feb. 3/6 A famous ‘Lib-Lab.’ family. 1963Ann. Reg. 1962 14 Mr Gaitskell stiffly shot down the idea of a formal Lib-Lab alliance. 1965Economist 26 June 1496/1 This is the hoary dilemma of Lib-Labbery. 1970Guardian 6 Aug. 10/3 North Cornish Liberals are to urge the Liberal Assembly to fight every parliamentary seat and to have no truck with Lib-Labbery. 1972Times 30 Sept. 15/3 A Lib-Lab party would be well placed in terms of the central argument which is concerned with inflation. 1973Daily Tel. 19 Oct. 16 Mr Wilson shudders at the very thought of a return to the old ‘Lib-Lab.’ combination. |
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