Legislature
['ledʒɪslətʃə] or ['lɛdʒɪsletʃɚ]
解释:
(n.) The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.
校对:罗赞
同义词及近义词:
n. Legislative body.
编辑:西尔维亚
娱乐性解释:
To dream that you are a member of a legislature, foretells you will be vain of your possessions and will treat members of your family unkindly. You will have no real advancement.
阿方索整理
娱乐性解释:
From Lat. lego, to bring together, and latro, to bark or bluster; possibly from lex, law, and latens, unknown. Hence, a company of men brought together to bluster, or a company of law makers who know nothing about law.
录入:内丽
例句:
- These he transmitted to the legislature, by whom they were published. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- I heard they were talking of some such law, but I didn't think any Christian legislature would pass it! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- The day after his return, he was elected by the legislature of Pennsylvania a delegate to Congress. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- But there were some upright and honorable men in the South Carolina Legislature, and they finally succeeded in convincing their associates that Whitney had been maligned. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I have wished to emphasize that there is nothing in this book which can be drafted into a legislative proposal and presented to the legislature the day after to-morrow. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Sorrow and misfortune overtake the legislature that still from year to year permits Tahoe to retain its unmusical cognomen! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In the session of 1804 the Legislature rescinded its latest act in regard to the gin, and testified to its high opinion of Whitney. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I informed the legislature of the State of what I was doing, and my action was approved by the majority of that body. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- This was in imitation of the American constitution, where also ministers are separated from the legislature. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The legislature was in session at the time, however, and came to his relief. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- As I have stated, the legislature authorized the governor to accept the services of ten additional regiments. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- And that these two bodies made up the most august assembly in Europe; to whom, in conjunction with the prince, the whole legislature is committed. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- In the composition of this statute, the legislature itself seems to have been as negligent as the copiers were in the transcription of the other. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- If the legislature represents the sovereign people, then it is surely necessary for the ministers to be in the closest touch with their sovereign. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The councils, which, in the colony legislatures, correspond to the house of lords in Great Britain, are not composed of a hereditary nobility. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- And if corporations have been slow to adopt such merciful devices, legislatures have stepped in to help the matter. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Would not our legislatures be cut up into antagonistic parties, would not the conflicts of the nation be concentrated into one heated hall? 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The cynical indifference of legislatures and the hypocrisy of the dominant parties were all that politics had to offer. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The real preparation for a creative statesmanship lies deeper than parties and legislatures. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- This was intended for use in Congress and the State Legislatures, and to take the place of the slow process of calling the roll on any vote. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Let no one then confuse the Interessenvertrag with those existing legislatures which are secret Chambers of Special Privilege. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
录入:西德尼