| 单词 | legislature |
| 释义 | legislature (once / 263 pages) n A legislature is a governing body that makes laws and can also amend or repeal them. The word legislature comes from the Latin word for "law" — legis. In the US, each state has a legislature — made up of the elected state senators and assemblymen or women, or representatives. The US Congress is the national legislature. These bodies, whose members are often referred to as "law-makers," make up the legislative branch of government, as distinct from the executive and judicial branches. WORD FAMILYlegislature: legislatures+/legislate: legislated, legislates, legislating, legislation, legislative, legislator, legislature/legislation: legislations/legislative: legislatively/legislator: legislators, legislatorship USAGE EXAMPLESDeliberations on the budget will consume the Legislature through mid-summer. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) “And the Legislature ought to be held accountable. Something like that happens, then people will do something.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Johnson said he would lobby the Illinois legislature to reform sentencing guidelines for repeat gun offenders. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) n persons who make or amend or repeal laws Syn|Hypo|Hyper general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body senate assembly possessing high legislative powers Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congress, United States Congressthe legislature of the United States government housean official assembly having legislative powers legislative councila unicameral legislature congressa national legislative assembly dieta legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan) parliamenta legislative assembly in certain countries Dumaa legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSR Senate, U.S. Senate, US Senate, United States Senatethe upper house of the United States Congress House of Representatives, U.S. House, U.S. House of Representatives, US House, US House of Representatives, United States House of Representativesthe lower legislative house of the United States Congress House of Burgessesthe lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia British House of Commons, House of Commonsthe lower house of the British parliament British House of Lords, House of Lordsthe upper house of the British parliament British Parliamentthe British legislative body Dail, Dail Eireannthe lower house of the parliament of the Irish Republic Knesset, Knesseththe Israeli unicameral parliament Oireachtasthe parliament of the Irish Republic Seanad, Seanad Eireannthe upper house of the parliament of the Irish Republic assembly a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose |
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