MPs

The prime minister is elected by MPs from among their number .

首相是下院议员从他们当中选出的。

MPs were playing the numbers game as the crucial vote drew closer .

在至关重要的表决临近时，下院议员们玩起了数字游戏。

The Prime Minister was involved in a heated exchange with opposition MPs .

首相参与了和下院反对党议员的激烈争论。

Two Conservative MPs have gone over to the Liberal Democrats .

两名保守党议员已转向自由民主党人一边。

Opposition MPs charged the minister with neglecting her duty .

反对党议员指责女部长玩忽职守。

MPs hoped to reverse Britain 's opt-out from the treaty .

国会议员希望推翻英国退出该条约的决定。

The rebel MPs have realigned themselves with the opposition party .

几个造反的下院议员已与反对派站在一起。

And , let us be fair , some MPs do work hard .

而且，说句公道话，有些下院议员工作还是很卖力的。

MPs say it is crucial that a system is found to compensate for inflation

下议院的议员们说关键是要找到一种抵消通货膨胀影响的机制。

The party 's three MPs will continue to sit in parliament .

这个党派有3名议员会继续在议会任职。

Their aim is equal numbers of male and female MPs by the year 2000

他们的目标是2000年前使国会议员中男女人数相等。

Usually when Opposition MPs question Ministers they are just playing party politics .

通常情况下，反对党议员质询大臣们时，只是在进行党派斗争。

The disclosure has already caused a furore among MPs .

对此事的揭露已经在议员中引起了骚动。

MPs say they work too hard and that is why so many of their marriages break up

国会议员们声称他们工作过于辛劳，因而导致他们当中很多人婚姻破裂。

MPs approved the Bill by a majority of 97 .

议员们以97票的多数票通过了该议案。

Under party rules each candidate has to be nominated by 55 Labour MPs

根据党章，每个候选人必须得到55名工党下院议员的提名。

MPs attacked lax management and errors of judgment .

议员们抨击管理的松散和判断的失误。

He launched what was called a charm offensive against MPs who might not support the Government .

他对可能不支持政府的议会议员发动了所谓的“魅力攻势”。

Most of the high honours usually go to long-serving MPs loyal to the government

大多数的高级荣誉通常都会授予忠于政府的资深议员。

A group of MPs is still wrangling with the government over the timing of elections .

一群下院议员仍在与政府就选举的时间安排争吵个不停。

The news was greeted with alarm by MPs

得知这个消息，议员们忧心忡忡。

Three Conservative MPs abstained in the vote .

三位保守党下院议员投了弃权票。

MPs were indignant that the government had not consulted them

政府没有事先征求他们的意见，下院议员们感到很愤怒。

He brushed aside talk of greedy MPs voting themselves a backdoor pay rise .

他没有理会贪婪的下院议员们投票为他们自己悄悄加薪的传闻。

MPs heard him out in silence

下院议员静静地听他把话讲完。

He assured MPs that ministers and MPs were not subjected to phone taps .

他向议员们保证，部长和议员的电话不会遭到窃听。

Tony Blair last night tightened his grip on Labour mps with new powers to root out troublemakers .

昨晚，托尼·布莱尔利用新赋予的权力铲除了制造事端者，加强了对工党议员的控制。

At lunchtime , MPs are spoilt for choice in 26 restaurants and bars .

到了午餐时间，议员们有26家之多的餐厅和酒吧可供选择。

There was a Labour rebellion when some left-wing MPs voted against the Chancellor 's tax cuts

工党内部发生内讧，一些左翼国会议员对财政大臣提出的减税政策投了反对票。

Barbara Follett 's greatest claim to fame is that she taught Labour MPs how to look good on television .

芭芭拉·福利特最出名的事就是她教工党议员如何在电视上拥有良好形象。