legislatures

英 [ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪtʃəz]

美 [ˈlɛdʒɪˌsleɪtʃərz]

n.  立法机关
legislature的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 立法机关；议会
  Thelegislatureof a particular state or country is the group of people in it who have the power to make and pass laws.
  1. The proposals before the legislature include the creation of two special courts to deal exclusively with violent crimes.
     呈交立法机关的提案内容包括成立两个专门审理暴力犯罪的特别法庭。

双语例句

• Thus, in many states, opponents of the reforms enacted in the first part of the19th century won repeal in state legislatures and in municipal councils of key elements.
  因此，尽管许多州在19世纪上半叶批准进行改革，但是改革的反对者在州议会和市议会成功地废除了主要的改革内容。
• Nearly all development economists agree that good institutions ─ legislatures, courts, administrative agencies ─ are crucial.
  几乎所有的发展经济学家都同意，优秀的机构立法机构、法院和行政机关至关重要。
• He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislatures.
  他在和平时期，未经我们立法机构同意，就在我们中间维持其常备军。
• The state legislatures, as political bodies, however sovereign, are yet not sovereign over the people.
  作为一个政体而言，国家议会不管如何至高无上，也不能高过人民。
• Despite its recent setbacks, the voucher movement is gaining ground in state legislatures and some state courts.
  虽然最近遭遇了挫折，但教育券运动正在各州立法机构和一些州法院赢得支持。
• Under this system the leading families of the colonial period evolved into units with more substantial social power than legislatures.
  在这个制度下，殖民地时期的名门望族发展成一种较立法机构更为重要的社会力量。
• With five parties now the norm in German legislatures, such conundrums will surely become more common.
  以如今五个政党在立法院的议席份额来看，以后类似的难题将会更加普遍。
• Countries can sign the treaty, and once their laws conform with the treaty, their national legislatures can ratify it.
  各国都可以签署这个公约。一旦他们的法律与公约一致，他们的国家立法机构就可以批准这个法律。
• Thirty-two state legislatures and thirty-three governors had endorsed the League.
  三十二个州议会和三十三个州长已认可国际联盟。
• The legislatures, militaries and government departments of the two countries have also engaged in productive exchanges and cooperation on issues of mutual interest.
  两国议会、军队和政府各部门之间也就共同关心的问题开展着富有成效的交流与合作。