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the group of people who are elected to make and change the laws of a country 议会；国会 The German parliament is called the ‘Bundestag’. 德国的议会称为 Bundestag。 The Scottish parliament is expected to vote in favour of a ban. 预计苏格兰议会将投票支持一项禁令。 - (British English)
The exit polls predicted a hung parliament (= in which no political party has more elected members than all the other parties added together). 投票后的民意测验预示着一个无多数党的议会。
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 Politicsb2Angry protesters stormed the parliament. 愤怒的抗议者冲击了议会。 It will take at least the lifetime of a parliament to put the health service in order. 要把公共医疗卫生服务搞好要花一届议会任期的时间。 The National Assembly is the lower house of the French parliament. 国民议会是法国的下议院。 The President will address the Canadian parliament during his trip. 总统在访问期间将在加拿大议会发表演说。 The election resulted in a hung parliament, followed by the resignation of the prime minister. 大选结果是无任何党派在议会中占据优势，随后首相宣布辞职。 The floor of the Scottish parliament chamber contains seating for 128 members. 苏格兰议会的会议厅有 128 个议员座位。 The ruling National Democratic Party dominates parliament. 执政的国家民主党在议会占主导地位。 Riot police yesterday surrounded the Georgian parliament building. 防暴警察昨天包围了格鲁吉亚议会大楼。 a popularly elected parliament 民选议会 a senior parliament official 一名高级议会官员 She was elected as a member of the Dutch parliament in 2016. 她于2016年当选为荷兰议会议员。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- present
- new
- …
- stand for
- enter
- get into
- …
- adopt something
- approve something
- enact something
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- building
- chamber
- minister
- …
- in parliament
- an Act of Parliament
- a house of parliament
- the lifetime of a parliament
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- Parliament[uncountable]
the parliament of some countries, including the United Kingdom. In the UK, Parliament consists of the House of Commons and the House of Lords 英国议会（包括下议院和上议院） a Member of Parliament 议会议员 an Act of Parliament 议会法案 - in Parliament
The issue was debated in Parliament. 议会就这个问题进行了辩论。 to win a seat in Parliament 赢得议会中的一个席位 The party is set to win a majority in Parliament (= the most votes) in October's election. 该党将在10月的选举中赢得议会多数票。 to be elected to Parliament 当选为议会议员 He practised law briefly before standing for Parliament (= becoming a candidate in an election). 他在竞选议员前曾短暂地从事法律工作。 - before Parliament
The plans are included in a bill currently before Parliament (= that is being discussed in Parliament). 这些计划包括在目前提交议会的一项法案中。
CultureThe word 'parliament' was first used in the 13th century, when Henry III held meetings with his noblemen to raise money from them for government and wars. Several kings found that they did not have enough money, and so they called together representatives from counties and towns in England to ask them to approve taxes. Over time, the noblemen became the House of Lords and the representatives became the House of Commons. The rise of political parties in the 18th century led to less control by the king or queen, leaving government in the hands of the cabinet led by the prime minister. Although the UK is still governed by Her Majesty's Government, the Queen does not have any real control over what happens in Parliament. Both the House of Lords and the House of Commons meet in the Palace of Westminster, also called the Houses of Parliament, in chambers with several rows of seats facing each other where members of the government sit on one side and members of the Opposition sit on the other. Each period of government, also called a parliament, lasts a maximum of five years and is divided into one-year periods called sessions.Extra ExamplesHe first stood for Parliament in 2001. 2001 年他首次竞选议员。 He sat in Parliament for over forty years. 他任议员 40 多年了。 He was returned to Parliament in 2014 as MP for Appleby. 2014年，他以艾波议员的身份重返议会。 Parliament may legislate on any matter of penal law. 议会可以对刑事法律的任何事项立法。 Parliament will be in session until 15th December. 议会会议将开到12 月15 日。 The bill will come before Parliament next month. 这个议案将于下个月提交议会。 The party failed to win any seats in Parliament. 该党未能在议会中赢得任何席位。 The party has a two-thirds majority in Parliament. 该党占据议会的三分之二多数。 The government was accused of forcing the bill through Parliament. 政府被指责迫使议会通过这项提案。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- present
- new
- …
- stand for
- enter
- get into
- …
- adopt something
- approve something
- enact something
- …
- building
- chamber
- minister
- …
- in parliament
- an Act of Parliament
- a house of parliament
- the lifetime of a parliament
- …
- (also Parliament)[countable, uncountable]
a particular period during which a parliament is working; Parliament as it exists between one general election and the next 一届议会的会期；（两次大选之间的）一届议会 We are now into the second half of the parliament. 我们现已进入了本届议会的后半任期。 to dissolve Parliament (= formally end its activities) and call an election 解散议会并举行大选 The legislation is expected to be introduced early in the next session of parliament. 那部法规预计会在议会的下次会期早些时候提交讨论。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- current
- present
- new
- …
- stand for
- enter
- get into
- …
- adopt something
- approve something
- enact something
- …
- building
- chamber
- minister
- …
- in parliament
- an Act of Parliament
- a house of parliament
- the lifetime of a parliament
- …
see also Houses of Parliament, hung
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French parlement ‘speaking’, from the verb parler.
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