| 单词 | legislator |
| 释义 | legislator (once / 863 pages) n A legislator makes laws. Congress is full of legislators. You have several who represent you at both the state and national level. Don't confuse a legislator with the legislature. Whereas the latter refers to the group such as the Congress, a legislator is a member of the group. At the national level, senators and representatives are given the task of writing our laws. States sometimes have different names for their two legislative houses, but the set-up is similar. The United States may be the world's oldest democracy, but legislators have been around nearly forever — the Romans had them. WORD FAMILYlegislator: legislators, legislatorship+/legislate: legislated, legislates, legislating, legislation, legislative, legislator, legislature/legislation: legislations/legislative: legislatively/legislature: legislatures USAGE EXAMPLESIt also offers a list of all legislators, their phone numbers and their email addresses. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) The chief minister on Sunday called a meeting of senior leaders and legislators at his house where he was unanimously elected the party's new president. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Legislators will already face a $348 million budget shortfall when they return to Topeka on Jan. 9. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) n someone who makes or enacts laws Exp|Hypo|Hyper Thomas Hart Benton United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858) Hilary Rodham Clintonwife of President Clinton and later a woman member of the United States Senate (1947-) James William FulbrightUnited States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995) John Herschel Glenn Jr.made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-) backbencher a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader congressman, congresswoman, representativea member of the United States House of Representatives crossbenchera member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition deputya member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France) filibuster, filibusterera legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes floor leaderthe legislator who organizes his party's strategy frontbenchera member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party majority leaderleader of the majority party in a legislature minority leaderleader of the minority party in a legislature Member of Parliament, Parliamentarianan elected member of the British Parliament: a member of the House of Commons senatora member of a senate party whip, whipa legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline repinformal abbreviation of `representative' state senatora member of a state senate lawgiver, lawmaker a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws politiciana leader engaged in civil administration |
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