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单词 bicameral
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Definition of bicameral in English:

bicameral

adjective bʌɪˈkam(ə)r(ə)lˌbaɪˈkæmərəl
  • (of a legislative body) having two chambers.

    a bicameral Parliament consisting of an appointed Senate and a popularly elected House of Assembly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Within its government, power is shared between a directly elected president, a prime minister, and a bicameral legislature (Parliament).
    • Spain is a parliamentary monarchy with a bicameral legislature.
    • In succeeding years, the government adopts a cabinet system, a bicameral parliament, and focuses the economy on industrialization.
    • The proposal called for the creation of a bicameral parliament in which the upper house would represent the territorial units.
    • The legislative branch consists of a bicameral parliament with a Chamber of Counselors and a Chamber of Representatives.
    • Today, the Netherlands has a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral, multi-party system administered by a premier and a coalition cabinet of ministers.
    • The bill was finally and reluctantly approved by the First Chamber of the bicameral Parliament in January 2005.
    • The legislative branch consists of a bicameral general assembly with ninety-nine representatives and thirty senators and the vice president.
    • The elected house speaker also serves as president of the bicameral parliament, comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives.
    • The legislative branch consists of a bicameral legislation in which all people and ethnicities can be represented.
    • The legislature is bicameral with an upper house based on equal representation of the thirteen counties with two senators each and a lower house based on population.
    • Legislative power resides in a bicameral parliament composed of the Assemblée Nationale and the Senat (Senate).
    • Jamaica, a member of the British Commonwealth, has a bicameral parliamentary legislative system.
    • The introduction of self-government from the 1850s created bicameral parliaments, with elected lower houses but nominated upper houses in two colonies.
    • The president is elected for a five-year term by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both the bicameral parliament and the state legislatures.
    • The legislative branch consists of a bicameral National Congress.
    • The legislative branch is composed of a bicameral parliament with a senate appointed by the ruling party and an assembly chosen by popular vote.
    • The Ethiopian governmental structure is a parliamentary democracy consisting of a bicameral legislature, a prime minister, and a president.
    • We need a single legislative council, a bicameral European Parliament, with one house representing member states, and the other the European electorate.
    • A bicameral parliament with a Senate and a House of Assembly has only advisory functions.

Derivatives

  • bicameralism

  • noun
    • Since when does a Treaty have greater force than our basic constitutional principle of bicameralism?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Others, however, pertain to the structure of the government itself, and may not, in the first instance, have anything to do with individual rights at all, as, for example, a traditional adherence to bicameralism.
      • Repeal of the amendment would restore both federalism and bicameralism.
      • Of course, a main reason for bicameralism is that an upper house is supposed to check the lower house should ‘passion’ overtake the lower house and result in ill-conceived legislation.
      • De facto bicameralism offers a strong counterweight to any potential centralization of power.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from bi- 'two' + Latin camera 'chamber' + -al.

Rhymes

unicameral
 
 

Definition of bicameral in US English:

bicameral

adjectiveˌbaɪˈkæmərəlˌbīˈkamərəl
  • (of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.

    a bicameral Parliament consisting of an appointed Senate and a popularly elected House of Assembly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The legislature is bicameral with an upper house based on equal representation of the thirteen counties with two senators each and a lower house based on population.
    • We need a single legislative council, a bicameral European Parliament, with one house representing member states, and the other the European electorate.
    • The legislative branch is composed of a bicameral parliament with a senate appointed by the ruling party and an assembly chosen by popular vote.
    • Within its government, power is shared between a directly elected president, a prime minister, and a bicameral legislature (Parliament).
    • The president is elected for a five-year term by an electoral college consisting of elected members of both the bicameral parliament and the state legislatures.
    • Legislative power resides in a bicameral parliament composed of the Assemblée Nationale and the Senat (Senate).
    • The legislative branch consists of a bicameral National Congress.
    • The elected house speaker also serves as president of the bicameral parliament, comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives.
    • The bill was finally and reluctantly approved by the First Chamber of the bicameral Parliament in January 2005.
    • Today, the Netherlands has a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral, multi-party system administered by a premier and a coalition cabinet of ministers.
    • Jamaica, a member of the British Commonwealth, has a bicameral parliamentary legislative system.
    • The legislative branch consists of a bicameral parliament with a Chamber of Counselors and a Chamber of Representatives.
    • The Ethiopian governmental structure is a parliamentary democracy consisting of a bicameral legislature, a prime minister, and a president.
    • The legislative branch consists of a bicameral general assembly with ninety-nine representatives and thirty senators and the vice president.
    • In succeeding years, the government adopts a cabinet system, a bicameral parliament, and focuses the economy on industrialization.
    • The introduction of self-government from the 1850s created bicameral parliaments, with elected lower houses but nominated upper houses in two colonies.
    • A bicameral parliament with a Senate and a House of Assembly has only advisory functions.
    • The legislative branch consists of a bicameral legislation in which all people and ethnicities can be represented.
    • The proposal called for the creation of a bicameral parliament in which the upper house would represent the territorial units.
    • Spain is a parliamentary monarchy with a bicameral legislature.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from bi- ‘two’ + Latin camera ‘chamber’ + -al.

 
 
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