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单词 legislature
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legislature

noun
 
/ˈledʒɪslətʃə(r)/
/ˈledʒɪsleɪtʃər/
(formal)
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  1. a group of people who have the power to make and change laws
    • a democratically elected legislature
    • the national/state legislature
    compare executive, judiciary
    Extra Examples
    • She is the youngest woman to be elected to the national legislature.
    • The legislature comprises a 212-member Chamber of Deputies elected for a four-year term.
    • The legislature passed a law to prohibit the dumping of nuclear waste.
    • The legislature voted narrowly to table a motion of no-confidence in the government.
    • Each province has its own elected governor and legislature.
    Topics Law and justicec1, Politicsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bicameral
    • unicameral
    • 109-member
    verb + legislature
    • be elected to
    legislature + verb
    • approve something
    • enact something
    • pass something
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from legislation, on the pattern of judicature.
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