at Her Majesty's pleasure en · ADP
Meanings
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(of a position notionally granted or imposed by a queen) Indefinitely; for an arbitrary period determined by the monarch or her government (especially for indefinite tenure or imprisonment).
The Governor serves at Her Majesty's pleasure.
The murderer was imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure.
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(broadly, informal) In prison.
He spent two years at Her Majesty's pleasure.
Coordinates
at the Governor's pleasure · at His Majesty's pleasure
Deriveds
live at Her Majesty's pleasure
Translations (3)
cmn 由女王陛下發落 /由女王陛下发落 (indefinitely) · cmn 等候英女皇發落 /等候英女皇发落 (indefinitely) · yue 等候英女皇發落 /等候英女皇发落 (indefinitely)