| 单词 | parliament |
| 释义 | parliament (once / 80 pages) 1n 2n In some countries — Great Britain for example — the group of people who make the laws is called the parliament. It's the equivalent of Congress in the United States. The most common meaning of parliament refers to a country's legislative (law-making) body. England's parliament is very famous. The word comes in part from the French verb parler, which means to speak, which makes sense since this group of people assemble to talk about laws and issues. Another meaning of parliament is the card game known as fan tan or sevens, where you lead with your sevens in a certain sequence and win by using up all your cards. WORD FAMILYparliament: Parliamentarian, parliamentarian, parliamentary, parliaments+/Parliamentarian: Parliamentarians/parliamentarian: parliamentarians/parliamentary: parliamentarily, unparliamentary/unparliamentary: unparliamentarily USAGE EXAMPLESSouth Korea’s Parliament voted on Dec. 9 to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Park was impeached by parliament early last year, a decision that must be upheld or rejected by the Constitutional Court. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Sun’s portrait still hangs in schools and government offices, and looks serenely down on the frequent fisticuffs in Taiwan’s parliament. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) 1 n a legislative assembly in certain countries 2Hypo|Hyper British Parliament the British legislative body Knesset, Knesseththe Israeli unicameral parliament Oireachtasthe parliament of the Irish Republic general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature persons who make or amend or repeal laws n a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards Syn|Hyper fantan, sevens card game, cards a game played with playing cards |
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