table a bill/measure/proposal etcAmerican EnglishAmEPOSTPONE/DO LATER to leave a bill etc to be discussed or dealt with in the future 搁置法案/措施/议案等〔留待日后处理〕table a bill/measure/proposal etc• For example, by the drinks table Bill Muggeridge seemed to be trying to make up to Mrs Crumwallis.• At that time, Dole voted to table a measure that would have negated the Supreme Court ruling.• Baldwin tabled proposals which involved payments of £34 million a year.
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