单词 | second chamber |
释义 | > as lemmassecond chamber second chamber n. in a legislature consisting of two chambers, the one which has chiefly the function of revising the measures prepared and passed by other; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [noun] > a chamber or house of > upper lower house1523 upper house1532 upper chamber1753 senate1776 state senate1791 second chamber1828 1828 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. Apr. 282 In whichever way selected, this second chamber would have been..inveterately hostile to nearly every necessary reform. 1861 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. xiii. 231 I set little value on any check which a Second Chamber can apply to a democracy otherwise unchecked. < as lemmas |
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