| 释义 |
par·lia·ment
\ˈpärləmənt, ˈpȧl-, chiefly non-British -lyəm- or sometimes -lēəm-\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English parliament, parlement, from Old French parlement, from parler, parlier to speak, talk + -ment
1. : a formal conference for the discussion of public affairs; specifically : a general or great council of state summoned by the sovereign in early medieval England
2.
a. : an assemblage of persons (as members of the nobility, clergy, and commons) called together by the British sovereign, sitting for a period of time and then being dissolved, and constituting the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom
< provides for the election and meeting of a new parliament — T.E.May >
< sat through three parliaments — Christopher Hollis >
< inspired … by the counsel of their elected parliaments — Elizabeth II >
— compare : congress 5
b. : a similar assemblage in another political unit (as a nation or state)
< the third session of Ceylon's second parliament — London Daily Telegraph >
< elected to Italy's first parliament — J.C.Adams & Paolo Barile >
3.
a. : the supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit (as a nation or state) being a continuing institution comprising a series of individual parliaments
< the parliament of the United Kingdom is composed of the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons — T.E.May >
< reached the committee stage in the French parliament — New York Times >
< the imperial parliament is the supreme legislature for the whole of His Majesty's dominions — Martin Wight >
— compare congress 3
b. : the British House of Commons
< confer office only upon members of parliament or peers — Ivor Jennings >
4. [Middle French parlement, from Old French] : one of several principal courts of justice existing in France before the revolution of 1789
5.
a. : an assembly representing a group or the members of an organization and usually convened for the expression of opinion, enactment of policy, and the transaction of other business
< the Students' Parliament is the official undergraduate organization — University of Toronto Calendar >
< these general union meetings are … the parliaments of any enterprise or plant — A.R.Williams >
b. : a gathering resembling or held to resemble such a consultative assembly
< the rooks called one another to their evening parliament — Archibald Marshall >
6. : parliament cake
7. : fan-tan 2 |