| 单词 | state senate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstate senate state senate n. the upper house of the legislature in a state of the United States; (also) a similar legislative body in other countries. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > [noun] > a chamber or house of > upper lower house1523 upper house1532 upper chamber1753 senate1776 state senate1791 second chamber1828 1791 N.-Y. Mag. July 424/2 Sebastian Graff, Esq; a member of the state senate. 1833 J. Story Comm. Constit. U.S. II. iii. x. 199 There is a great diversity in the terms of office, as well as the qualifications, of the state senates. 1901 Boston Daily Globe 31 Aug. 2/1 Senator Dowd will not seek another term in the state senate. 1998 T. E. Anna Forging Mexico v. 167 Most of the states, including Zacatecas, had no state senate at all. 2012 Times (Nexis) 7 June 23 The Democrats won one seat, regaining control of the state senate for the first time since..January 2011. < as lemmas |
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