legislature

英 [ˈledʒɪslətʃə(r)]

美 [ˈledʒɪsleɪtʃər]

n.  立法机关

复数：legislatures　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6289 / COCA.4361

牛津词典

noun

• 立法机关
  a group of people who have the power to make and change laws
  1. a democratically elected legislature
     民主选举产生的立法机关
  2. the national/state legislature
     国家 / 州立法机构

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 立法机关；议会
  Thelegislatureof a particular state or country is the group of people in it who have the power to make and pass laws.
  1. The proposals before the legislature include the creation of two special courts to deal exclusively with violent crimes.
     呈交立法机关的提案内容包括成立两个专门审理暴力犯罪的特别法庭。

英英释义

noun

• persons who make or amend or repeal laws
  Synonym:legislative assemblylegislative bodygeneral assemblylaw-makers

双语例句

• The legislature passed a law to aBolish the surtax.
  立法机关通过了一项废除附加税的法令。
• Legislature passes People's Mediation Law.
  立法会通过人民调解法。
• No law enacted by the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall contravene this law.
  香港特别行政区立法机关制定的任何法律，均不得同本法相抵触。
• The ultimate aim is the election of both the chief executive and the entire legislature through universal suffrage.
  最终目标是行政长官和整个立法会均透过普选产生。
• A legislature has many of the same powers as a court to support a legislative inquiry.
  立法机关具有许多与法院相同的权利以进行立法调查。
• The bicameral legislature comprises a100-member Senate and a342-member National Assembly.
  组成的两院制立法机构的100名议员组成的参议院和一个342人组成的国民议会。
• A session as of a legislature or court.
  立法机关或者法庭的会议。
• As a result, almost every pro-slavery candidate was elected to the new legislature.
  结果，几乎所有支持奴隶制度的候选人都当选为新的立法机关成员。
• The proposals before the legislature include the creation of two special courts to deal exclusively with violent crimes.
  呈交立法机关的提案内容包括成立两个专门审理暴力犯罪的特别法庭。
• Leader of the majority party in a legislature.
  在立法机构中是人数占多数党的领导。