释义 |
Upper HouseˌUpper ˈHouse noun [countable usually singular] - Although the upper house may reject it again, the Government can now invoke the Parliament Act to force the measure through.
- An upper house representing regional leaders is to be created two years after independence.
- And throughout they dominated the State Council, the upper house endowed with effective veto powers over Duma proposals.
- Any proposal will be in trouble if it has to be approved by the upper house of parliament as well as the lower house.
- Pinochet and who hold the swing vote in the upper house.
- They successfully tied up the upper house in endless debate.
- Yet both have two votes in the upper house.
a group of representatives in a country’s parliament, that is smaller and less powerful than the country’s Lower House, for example the British House of Lords |