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。
• In the weeks before, eight separate state legislatures had dealt the industry blows of varying severity.
  此前数周，美国8个州的立法机关分别制定了相关规定，给这个行业带来不同程度的冲击。
• 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 this has implications for how legislatures make laws – the current battle in the US Congress over broadband regulation has been motivated largely by blogs – but also for some of the most basic principles of American law.
  所有这些不仅对立法机构如何制定法律具有重要意义（目前美国国会关于宽带管制的争论，在很大程度上受到了博客的推动），而且对美国法律中一些最基本的原则也有启示作用。
• 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。
• 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。
• It seeks to guarantee that the wishes of the electorate are arithmetically reflected in the composition of public bodies such as legislatures and local authorities.
  他寻求确保在诸于立法机构和地方政府机构的组成中，精确的反映选民的意见。
• In a remarkably short time, we have seen courts start to rule in favor of the freedom to marry, then legislatures affirm it, and now the people vote for it as well.
  在这么短的时间里，我们就看到法院开始支持婚姻自由，接着立法机关也肯定了这一点，现在人们也开始投票支持了。
• 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。
• As proof, they pointed to new laws the southern legislatures passed.
  他们指出，一些南方各州新通过的法律就是证据。