legislature

n. 立法机关；立法机构

n.

立法机关；立法机构；立法部；（特指）州议会

变形

复数：legislatures

英英释义

legislature[ 'ledʒisleitʃə ]

n.persons who make or amend or repeal laws

同义词：legislative assemblylegislativegeneral assemblylaw-makers

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

He was an outstanding member of the legislature.
他是立法机关的杰出成员。

Do you know what is the legislature in China?
你知道中国的立法机关是哪个吗？

权威例句

legislature (n.)

1670s; see legislator + -ure.

1. That set the stage for the Florida legislature.

这就为佛罗里达州议会创造了条件。

2. It also seems comprehensively to violate the separation of powers, since the legislature has appointed the governor (from the executive branch) to overrule the courts on a matter of fact.

由于议会指定来自行政部门的州长在事实问题基础上去驳回法院判决，这条法律似乎也完全违背了权力存离原则。

3. And although I’m not sure that the people who heard me deliver it were similarly impressed, enough of them appreciated my earnestness and youthful swagger that I made it to the Illinois legislature.

尽管我不清楚那些听过我这篇演讲的人们是否也同样被感动了，但他们中足够多的人都欣赏我的热忱和年青气盛，我得以成功入选了伊利诺斯州州议会。

4. This meeting, a smaller one of the party’s central committee immediately afterwards and a session of the legislature in March 2013 will endorse the biggest shuffle in China’s leadership for a decade.

这次的会议，相对年轻的新一代中央委员（之后立即就任），2013年3月份的一系列的立法会议将会支持这次在未来十年中中国领导层的最大一次洗牌。

5. The directive is causing heated debate, and not just in the state legislature.

该指令正引发激烈的争论，并且还不仅仅局限在州议会中。

6. Yesterday morning, I turned in my resignation from my day job (I work with U.S. military veterans for the Guam Legislature). OK, it doesn’t actually take effect until the end of next week, but still.

昨天早上，我提交了辞职书（我和美国退伍老兵为关岛立法机关工作）好吧，它实际上要到下周末才生效，但仍然。

7. All this must be weighed up by the New York state legislature in 2009, when mayoral control is up for renewal—or scrapping.

一切是好是坏，到2009年纽约州议会自会有所评说，市长控制是继续还是废止到时当有定论。

8. Courts tend to intervene more, he thinks, when Parliament is weak and the executive strong, because the legislature is unable or unwilling to hold the government to account.

他认为，法院因为国会的软弱而倾向于干涉更多，由于立法机关不能或者说不想让政府承担责任，国会的行政能力也会加强。

9. Even where that is not the case, take the opportunity to tour your local parliament or legislature and to learn more about what happens there during working hours.

如果没有开设也不要紧，趁这个机会游览一下地方议会或立法机关也是不错的。 同时你也可以了解到他们在工作时间都在干什么。

10. While the PRI was in power, “I never saw a decapitation in the streets of Mexico,” says César Augusto Santiago, one of its leaders in the legislature.

革命体制党的当权期间，立法机构领导者——凯撒.奥古斯托.圣地亚哥申明，“我以前从未在墨西哥街头看到一例斩首事件”。

11. But there is a strong case for proceeding with caution, especially when it comes to allowing people to circumvent a legislature with citizen-made legislation.

不过要处理这样的一件大事，还要非常谨慎，尤其是当它涉及到允许人们以公民立法权来规避一个立法机构时。

12. In Massachusetts, the state legislature has passed a bill requiring everyone who can afford to buy health insurance to do so, on pain of higher taxes.

在马萨诸塞州，州议会通过了一个法案，要求所有买得起健康保险的人必须买保险，否则将受到交纳更高税款的惩罚。

13. WHEN this newspaper last checked in with the Texas legislature, which meets only every other year, a bipartisan coalition was trying, and failing, to stage a coup in the House of Representatives.

当本报上次报道德州议会时，两党正试图结成的联盟，然而却失败了，这在众议院引起政变，该议院每隔一年举行一次会晤，此次会晤由资深发言人，汤姆?

14. The legislature currently has 299 seats, of which 243 are elected by regional vote and the remaining is distributed by the proportional representation ballot.

立法机构当前有299 个席位，其中的243由地方投票选出，其余的席位是按照比例进行投票选出的。

15. Finally, the Californian economy in 1966 was doing fine, and nothing kept the legislature from raising taxes.

最后，1966年时加州的经济状况很好，议会想提高税收没有任何阻力。

16. That plan was rejected by the state legislature, mainly over concerns that its passage would harm the local economy further.

由于担心这么做会对该市经济产生更沉重的打击，此项计划最终被州议会否决了。

17. The town’s stand is laudable but will have only a limited effect on what is, after all, a statewide problem. The Connecticut Legislature rebuffed a proposed statewide ban last year.

小镇的立场值得赞扬，但其影响甚微，毕竟，塑料袋的使用是整个康涅狄格州的问题，康涅狄格州议会去年拒绝了全州禁用塑料袋的提议。

18. The norms and practices of the legislature do not foster good policy-making.

立法机构的规范和习惯并不能出现好的决策。

19. He may be right that most Canadians care more about the luge than the legislature, but that is surely true only while their decent system of government is in good hands.

他认为绝大多数加拿大人关心立法，但更关心滑雪赛，这个观点也许是正确的，但只有当政府良好的系统由可信赖的人执掌时，这个观点才是完全正确的。

20. In a constitutional convention, the questions will be complex and would present the evidence, if not the same loonies who cannot agree in the legislature?

而在制宪会议上的问题要大而复杂得多，当又一群疯子在议会内意见不一时，谁会来出示证据呢？

21. However, after I made appearances at several committee hearings to answer questions and did a lot of one-on-one lobbying, the legislature passed them all.

然而，在我多次出席委员会听证会，回答问题并逐个展开大量的游说工作之后，议会通过了所有提案。

22. However, after I made appearances at several committee hearings to answer questions and did a lot of one-on-one lobbying, the legislature passed them all.

然而，在我多次出席委员会听证会，回答问题并逐个展开大量的游说工作之后，议会通过了所有提案。