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

• 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。
• The committee appearance is highly important because congressional committees are virtually little legislatures.
  出席委员会作证非常重要，因为国会实际上是小型的立法机关。
• Across the country, we're partnering with mayors, governors and state legislatures on issues from homelessness to marriage equality.
  在全国范围内，我们正在与市长、州长和州议员合作解决从无家可归到婚姻平等的问题。
• All state legislatures serve the same purpose to represent the citizens of the state in making laws concerning state issues.
  所有州的立法机构都服务于共同的目的，代表本州公民制定关于本州事务的法律。
• Thirty-eight of the fifty state legislatures were required to approve the amendment.
  美国五十个州里面有三十八个州的立法机关都要求批准这项修正案。
• 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。
• Then a number of partially self-governing communities, some British in origin and some not, with elected legislatures and an appointed executive, such as malta, jamaica, the bahamas, and bermuda.
  再往后是几个部分自治的共同体，从起源来讲有些是英国人的，有些不是，它们既有推选的立法机关，又有任命的行政机关，如马耳他、牙买加、巴哈马和百慕大。
• 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。
• 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。