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，政府確認了這項封號，同時還第一次給予婦女獲得爵位的權利。
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