life peer

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He was knighted in 1957 and later made a life peer.
他于1957年被封為爵士，而且后來也成為一位終身貴族。
He was knighted in 1992 and created and an honorary life peer in 1997.
韋伯于1992年被授予爵士頭銜，1997年晉升為終身貴族。
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年的終身貴族法案中，政府確認(rèn)了這項(xiàng)封號，同時還第一次給予婦女獲得爵位的權(quán)利。
Most of the Lords are "hereditary" which means that their titles have come down from father to son, but recently a new sort of Lord, a "life peer", has been introduced into the House of Lords.
大多數(shù)勛爵是“世襲”的，即兒子可以繼承父親的頭銜。但近來一種新的勛爵，即“非世襲的終身貴族”進(jìn)入了上議院。
Its membership is composed of peers and life peers and bishops.
從理論上說，在民主時代，它不可能立足。

in the UK, a person who is given the honour of a title such as "Lord" and a place in the House of Lords as a reward for the good things they have done for the country