parliament

n

• ① 国会,议院
  • the British parliament英国国会
  • convene [dissolve] a parliament召开[解散]国会

• ②[Parliament]1英国国会(★由上院(the House of Lords)与下院(the House of Commons)所构成,上院议员为贵族(peers)与高位神职者(prelates),下院议员则由各选区选出;亦可指大英国协内各国的国会;参照Congress; Diet)2下院
  • the Houses of Parliament(英国的)国会议事堂
  • an Act of Parliament法令(由议会制定经国王批准的法律)
  • open Parliament(国王[女王])宣布国会开会
  • Parliament sits [rises].国会开会[散会]。
  • a Member of Parliament下院议员(略作M.P., MP)
  • be [sit] in Parliament为下院议员
  • He was the first farmworker to get into Parliament.他是第一位进入下院(为议员)的农场工人。