life peer

life peer

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• n.（英国爵位不能世袭的）终身贵族
• 网络一代贵族

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.

1. 一代贵族

英英解释

n.

1. somebody who is granted a title and seat in the British House of Lords that cannot be inherited 2. somebody who is granted a title and seat in the House of Lords that cannot be inherited. People are often made life peers when they have failed to be re-elected to the House of Commons, to allow them to continue to work on behalf of their political party. 3. a British peer whose family cannot keep the title after he or she dies. Peers who can pass their title to their children are called hereditary peers.

例句

but recently a new sort of Lord, a "life peer" , has been introduced into the House of Lords.

大多数勋爵是“世袭”的，即儿子可以继承父亲的头衔。但近来一种新的勋爵，即“非世袭的终身贵族”进入了上议院。

She was elevated to the House of Lords as a Labour life peer in 1999.

此后，在1999年，她被擢升到上议院，成为一名工党终身贵族。

He was knighted in 1957 and later made a life peer.

他于1957年被封为爵士，而且后来也成为一位终身贵族。

He was knighted in 1992 and created and an honorary life peer in 1997.

韦伯于1992年被授予爵士头衔，1997年晋升为终身贵族。

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年的终身贵族法案中，政府确认了这项封号，同时还第一次给予妇女获得爵位的权利。