constitutional convention

常見例句

California’s first constitutional convention took place in 1849, before California was even admitted to the Union.
加州的首次制憲會議召開于1849年，那時該州還未加入聯(lián)邦。
In a constitutional convention, the questions will be complex and large.Who would present the evidence, if not the same loonies who cannot agree in the legislature?
而在制憲會議上的問題要大而復雜得多，當又一群瘋子在議會內(nèi)意見不一時，誰會來出示證據(jù)呢？
Markets are unlikely to wait for the EU to call a constitutional convention, debate schemes for integration and negotiate a text, only to see it buffeted in parliamentary votes and referendums.
市場不可能等待歐盟召集一個制憲會議，討論一體化的計策，并形成談判的文本，只能看到歐盟在議會投票和公投中遭受打擊。

They said the constitutional convention had only given them the right to vote for limited slavery or unlimited slavery.
Supporters of slavery wanted to organize a constitutional convention that could put Kansas into the Union as a slave state.
On June fifteenth, the election was held for delegates to the constitutional convention.

He was an opponent of slavery and tried to get the Constitutional Convention to ban it.
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The answer is a fiddly, technical rule change secured by MEPs during the constitutional convention.
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Second, we could decide to hold a new constitutional convention before we go bust.
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