Upper House

英 [ˈʌpə(r) haʊs]

美 [ˈʌpər haʊs]

n.  (英国)上议院; (美国)参议院; (其他国家的)上议院

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牛津词典

noun

• 上议院 ；（英国）贵族院；（美国）参议院
  one of the parts of a parliament in countries which have a parliament that is divided into two parts. In Britain it is the House of Lords and in the US it is the Senate.

柯林斯词典

• N-PROPER （英国）上（议）院，贵族院
  In Britain,the Upper Houseisthe House of Lords.
  1. The decision was announced after objections were raised in the Upper House of Parliament.
     该决议是在上议院提出反对意见后宣布的。
• （美国）参议院
  In the United States,the Upper Houseisthe Senate.
• N-COUNT （其他国家的两院制议会中资历较深而实权较小的）上议院
  In other countries where the parliament is divided into two groups of members,the Upper Houseis the more senior of these groups, although it may not be more powerful.
  1. The Upper House of the German parliament is to meet today in Berlin.
     德国的上议院今天将在柏林开会。

双语例句

• The upper house of the British parliament.
  英国议会中的上议院。
• Passage of the reconstruction funding bill by the Upper House, which is controlled by the opposition, is expected as soon as next week.
  这项重建资金法案预料最快将在下个星期，预计也会在由反对党控制的上院获得通过。
• The upper house of Russia's parliament is set to begin debate Monday on recognizing the independence of the two republics.
  俄罗斯议会上院预定星期一开始就承认这两个分裂共和国独立的问题展开辩论。
• The upper house still needs to approve the bill before it is enacted.
  法案要想成为法律还需获得国会参议院的批准。
• The group had never run a hotel until the upper house opened three years ago.
  在3年前奕居开业之前，该集团从未经营过酒店。
• The final version of the bill, still to be approved by india's upper house, rules out awarding patents on existing drugs registered for a new medical use.
  这一法案的最终版本仍有待印度议会上院的批准。这个最终版本取消了一种做法，即授予登记新医疗用途的现有药物专利。
• A censure motion adopted by the upper house has no legally binding force.
  而由上议院采纳的不信任提议并不具有法律约束力。
• The upper house of the US Congress.
  美国议会的上层议院。
• HE MAY be lumbered with a nine-party coalition and a one-seat majority in the upper house of parliament.
  由于九党联盟执政，而且在上议院仅占一席多数，他可能步履维艰。
• The upper house is usually the smaller branch of a bicameral legislature
  （某些国家）两院制立法机构之下院上议院通常是两院制议会中较小的一个