N-COUNT 立法机关;议会 The legislature of a particular state or country is the group of people in it who have the power to make and pass laws. 立法机关;议会 [formal]
The proposals before the legislature include the creation of two special courts to deal exclusively with violent crimes.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + LEGISLATURE | LEGISLATURE + VERBADJECTIVE➤bicameral, unicameral兩院制/一院制立法機構▸➤109-member, etc.由 109 名成員等組成的立法機構▸➤elected選舉產生的立法機關▸➤federal, national, provincial, state聯邦立法機構;國家立法機構;省立法機構;州立法機構➤Democratic, Republican-controlled, etc.民主黨、共和黨等控制的立法機構VERB + LEGISLATURE➤be elected to經選舉進入立法機構◇She is the youngest woman to be elected to the national legislature.她是入選國家立法機構的最年輕女性。LEGISLATURE + VERB➤approve sth, enact sth, pass sth立法機構批准⋯/頒佈⋯/通過⋯◇The legislature passed a law to prohibit the dumping of nuclear waste.立法機構通過法律禁止傾倒核廢物。➤vote立法機構表決◇The legislature voted narrowly to table a motion of no-confidence in the government.立法機構以微弱優勢通過決議,將提出對政府的不信任動議。