a law or a set of laws passed by a parliament 法规；法律 an important piece of legislation 一条重要的法规 New legislation on the sale of drugs will be introduced next year. 有关药品销售的新法规将于明年实施。 They are calling for tough legislation to tackle this problem. 他们提出制订严格的法律来解决这个问题。
Collocations PoliticsPolitics 政治 Power 权力 - create/form/be the leader of a political party
创建／组建／领导政党 - gain/take/win/lose/regain control of Congress
获得／失去／夺回对国会的控制权 - start/spark/lead/be on the brink of a revolution
发起／引发／领导一场革命；革命一触即发 - be engaged/locked in an internal power struggle
参与／陷入内部权力斗争 - lead/form a rival/breakaway faction
领导／组建反对派／分裂派 - seize/take control of the government/power
夺取／接手对政府／政权的控制权 - bring down/overthrow/topple the government/president/regime
推翻政府／总统／政权 - abolish/overthrow/restore the monarchy
废除／推翻／恢复君主制 - establish/install a military dictatorship/a stable government
建立军事独裁／稳定的政府 - be forced/removed/driven from office/power
被迫离职／下台；被免职／赶下台 - resign/step down as party leader/an MP/president/prime minister
辞去政党领袖／议员／总统／总理的职位 - enter/retire from/return to political life
开始／退出／重回政治生涯
Political debate 政治辩论 - spark/provoke a heated/hot/intense/lively debate
引发激烈的辩论 - engage in/participate in/contribute to (the) political/public debate (on/over something)
参与（关于某事的）政治／公开辩论 - get involved in/feel excluded from the political process
参与／感觉被排挤出政治进程 - launch/start/lead/spearhead a campaign/movement
发起／领导一场运动 - join/be linked with the peace/anti-war/feminist/civil rights movement
参与和平／反战／女权／民权运动；与和平／反战／女权／民权运动有联系 - criticize/speak out against/challenge/support the government
批评／公开反对／质疑／支持政府 - lobby/put pressure on the government (to do something)
游说／施压于政府（去做某事） - come under fire/pressure from opposition parties
受到来自反对党的抨击／压力
Policy 政策 - call for/demand/propose/push for/advocate democratic/political/land reform(s)
呼吁／强烈要求／提议／敦促／倡导民主／政治／土地改革 - formulate/implement domestic economic policy
制定／执行国内经济政策 - change/influence/shape/have an impact on government/economic/public policy
改变／影响政府／经济／公共政策 - be consistent with/be in line with/go against/be opposed to government policy
符合／违背政府政策 - reform/restructure/modernize the tax system
改革／重组／革新税收制度 - privatize/improve/deliver/make cuts in public services
私有化／改善／提供／削减公共服务 - invest (heavily) in/spend something on schools/education/public services/(the) infrastructure
在学校／教育／公共服务／基础设施上投入（大量）资金 - nationalize the banks/the oil industry
使银行／石油产业国有化 - promise/propose/deliver/give ($80 billion in/significant/substantial/massive) tax cuts
承诺／提议／兑现／实行（800 亿美元／大幅度的）减税 - a/the budget is approved/ (especially North American English) passed by parliament/congress
预算经议会／国会通过
Making laws 制定法律 - have a majority in/have seats in Parliament/Congress/the Senate
在议会／国会／参议院中占多数席位／占有席位 - propose/sponsor a bill/legislation/a resolution
提交议案／法规／决议 - introduce/bring in/draw up/draft/adopt/pass a bill/a law/legislation/measures
推出／提出／拟定／起草／采用／通过议案／法律／法规／措施 - amend/repeal an act/a law/legislation
修正／废除法案／法律／法规 - veto/vote against/oppose a bill/legislation/a measure/a proposal/a resolution
否决／投票反对／反对议案／法规／措施／提议／决议 - get/require/be decided by a majority vote
获得／需要多数票；由多数票决定
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc1, Law and justicec1Companies have until December 31 to comply with the new legislation. 公司必须在 12 月 31 号之后遵守新的法律。 Congress approved legislation which outlawed the sale of the drug. 国会批准了禁止出售该药的法律。 Governor Bradbery signed legislation for $20 million in municipal relief. 布拉德伯里州长签署了 2,000 万美元的城市救济法案。 Legislation on this issue is urgently needed. 这个问题急需立法。 Member states may not adopt legislation contrary to EU law. 成员国不能采纳与欧盟法律相悖的立法。 New legislation on adoption comes into effect at the end of the year. 新的收养法年底生效。 Religious interests may try to block this legislation. 宗教利益集团有可能试图阻挠这项立法。 The government is pushing through legislation to ban smoking in all public places. 政府正在力促通过立法，禁止在公共场所吸烟。 The police think that such legislation would be unworkable. 警方认为这种法规不可行。 The reform will make it more difficult for MPs to block legislation. 这项改革使国会议员阻挠立法的难度加大。 There is no requirement to register a claim under the new legislation. 按照新法，提出索赔没有条件。 They are planning the introduction of legislation against sex discrimination. 他们计划出台反性别歧视的法律。 This will be a criminal offence under the new legislation. 根据新法规，这是刑事罪行。 a major piece of legislation 一项重要法规 The civil rights campaign resulted in legislation against segregation. 那次民权运动的结果是通过了反对隔离的法规。 The government is trying to push through a controversial piece of legislation. 政府正试图通过一项有争议的法规。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- federal
- national
- parliamentary
- …
- piece
- need
- require
- call for
- …
- come into effect
- come into force
- allow something
- …
- under legislation
- legislation against
- legislation on
- …
the process of making and passing laws 立法；制定法律 Legislation will be difficult and will take time. 立法既费力又耗时。 The terrorist attack prompted knee-jerk legislation. 恐怖袭击引起了草率立法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- federal
- national
- parliamentary
- …
- piece
- need
- require
- call for
- …
- come into effect
- come into force
- allow something
- …
- under legislation
- legislation against
- legislation on
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting the enactment of laws): from late Latin legis latio(n-), literally ‘proposing of a law’, from lex ‘law’ and latus ‘raised’ (past participle of tollere).