speakership
noun [ C ] (also Speakership) uk/ˈspiː.kə.ʃɪp/ us/ˈspiː.kɚ.ʃɪp/
议会议长职位
the position of being a Speaker (= the person who controls the way in which business is done in an organization that makes laws)
For more than three decades, convention has required the speakership to alternate between the two main parties. 三十多年来，议长依惯例在两个主要政党中轮流委任。
He was one of the first to congratulate the former sheet metal worker on his elevation to the Speakership. 他是第一批祝贺这位前钣金工人升任议长的人之一。
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- She owes her speakership to the new members.
- There is talk of offering the Opposition a parliamentary speakership or the chairs of some parliamentary committees.
- He announced that he will not accept the house speakership and will resign his house seat.