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单词 legislature
释义
legislature
(ledʒɪslətʃəʳ , US -leɪ- )
Word forms: legislatures
countable noun
The legislature of a particular state or country is the group of people in it who have the power to make and pass laws. [formal]
The Florida state legislature passed new gambling laws.
Synonyms: parliament, house, congress, diet  
Collocations:
member of a legislature
After 1759 he was frequently a member of the legislature, speaker for several years, and also a member of the council.
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He was the youngest member of the legislature.
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His interest in politics grew, and from 1933 to 1946 he was a member of the legislature.
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He served as an independent member of the legislature after this time, and did not seek re-election in 1927.
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This left some counties without a resident member of the legislature for the first time in state history.
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national legislature
It was partly for that reason that such decisions might be considered appropriate for determination by the national legislature rather than by the ordinary processes of development control.
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All southerners complained of underrepresentation in the national legislature.
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The national legislature passed a version of the law in 1971.
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State governors would be appointed by the national legislature, and the national legislature had veto power over any state legislation.
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Entering into public service, he occupied multiple bureaucratic positions before being elected to the national legislature.
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provincial legislature
She has been speaker of the provincial legislature since 2004, where she earned the reputation of being impartial.
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What do you hope to achieve as a member of the provincial legislature?
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We had 16% (in the provincial legislature) and we dropped to 8%.
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Its provincial list conference, which nominated candidates for parliament and the provincial legislature, was also disrupted earlier this year.
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His performance in the provincial legislature was marked by a tendency to disappear from the house when he was about to be put on the spot.
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Translations:
Chinese: 立法机构
Japanese: 立法機関
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