Upper House

Upper House

美 　英

• n.上议院；（英国）贵族院；（美国）参议院
• 网络奕居；上院；奕居酒店

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.

1. 上院,参议院

英英解释

n.	1. the part of a legislature of a country that is smaller and represents fewer people or is not elected at all. In the U.K., the upper house is the House of Lords, and in the U.S., it is the Senate.

例句

Mr Steele said the upper house of jazz, this "marathon debate" simply to the lawmakers on the age of life.

上院议员斯蒂尔爵士说，这场“马拉松式辩论”简直要了上了年岁的议员们的命。

The MP, who serves in India's upper house, later denied his televised remarks and said they had been misinterpreted by his opponents.

这位国会议员来自印度上议院，稍后他否认自己在电视讲话中发表过上述言论，说自己的发言被对手曲解了。

Some political observers have speculated that he might have to resign if his party is badly defeated in an upper house election.

一些政治观察人士猜测，如果他的政党在参议院选举中惨败，那么安倍可能将被迫辞职。

On Wednesday, five prosecutors from the British Upper House began to hold a hearing on an appeal by a lower court.

星期三英国上院的五名检察官开始就检察官对一外下级法院的裁决提出的上诉举行听证会。

Alexander Torshin, a deputy speaker of the Russian parliament's upper house, said he thought the damage would be limited.

俄罗斯上议院代理议长托尔申（AlexanderTorshin）说，他认为负面影响将是有限的。

He may also be sweating it out, hoping that success in the upper-house elections will enable him to eject his awkward bedfellows.

他也许会焦急的等待着，希望上院选举的胜利能帮他赶走那些糟糕的伙伴。

If he resists, the LDP might censure him in the upper house, producing a similar outcome.

如果他加以拒绝，自民党（LDP）也许会在上议院对他横加指责，达到类似的结果。

Similarly limited elections for members of the upper house of parliament also are under consideration, he said.

他说，联邦委员会成员进行类似的有限选举的方案也在考虑之中。

The Bundesrat upper house asked for existing animal protection legislation to be fleshed out to include the ostrich.

德国联邦上院要求扩充现有的动物保护立法，将鸵鸟纳入保护范围。

Koutaro Tamura, an LDP Upper house parliamentarian, said he was disillusioned by the resignation.

自民党上院议员田村耕太郎（KotaroTamura）表示，他对福田辞职感到极为失望。

This means postponing scheduled elections for half the seats in the Diet's upper house by a week, to July 29th.

这意味着国会上院半数席位选举将被推迟一周，于7月29号举行。

Even if allies of the al-Khalifa family were to lose control of the lower house, the appointed upper house can overrule it.

即使阿勒哈利法家族的盟友失去对下议院的控制权，尤其认命的上议院也会予以推翻。

It has already been passed by the lower house of parliament, and the upper house is due to conclude its voting this week.

该法案已在众议院通过，而参议院将于本周进行表决。

Whoever wins the lower house at the next general election, due by 2013, is unlikely to hold a majority in the upper house.

在2013年下轮大选中，无论哪一方在众议院获胜，都不可能在参议院中占多数席位。

The extraordinary session was a consequence of the Democratic Party of Japan's victory in the upper-house elections last July.

这次的特别会议是去年7月民主党在上议院选举中获胜的后果之一。

The government lacks control of the upper house and may not be able to push through its current modest stimulus plans.

该政府缺乏对上议院的控制能力，可能不能推行自己当前的温和刺激计划。

From yesterday evening, the archaeologists concluded that the initial, mainly excavated from the burial of the upper House.

至昨天傍晚，考古人员初步断定，目前发掘出的主要是外藏椁上层的随葬品。

But it will become much harder for the party to govern, as most legislation needs the approval of the upper house.

但由于大多数法案需要得到上院的批准，民主党的执政之路将更为艰难。

The ruling camp of Japan failed to gain enough seats in Sunday's election to retain a majority in the upper house, local media reported.

据日本媒体报道，日本执政联盟在11日举行的参议院选举中失利，未能占据参议院过半数议席。

That would deprive the DPJ and its tiny coalition partner, the People's New Party, of a majority in the upper house.

这也预示着民主党及其执政联盟国民新党将无法获得过半数席位，民主党可能不得不重新寻找联盟政党。

In the lower house, the DPJ lacks the magic two-thirds majority that would have allowed it to bypass the upper house.

在众议院中，民主党还不具备独占三分之二多数席位的能力，也就无法绕开众议院行事。

A majority supports term limits and the election of senators; about 30% (rising to 43% in Quebec) would like the upper house abolished.

大多数人支持参议员由选举产生并对任期进行限制，约30%的人（在魁北克高达43%）希废除参院。

It was the first non-confidence motion in the upper house since Japan's current pacifist Constitution took effect in 1947.

自从日本现行反战宪法1947年生效以来，这是日本第一个由上议院通过的不信任案。

The upper house in the bicameral legislature of many states in the United States.

参议院美国的一些州的两院制立法机关中的上院

Mr Ozawa has said that the upper house will vote down any extension of operations not countenanced by the United Nations.

小泽表示，上议院对于任何未得到联合国赞同的延长议案都会投票否决。

Months ago, gaining a majority in the upper house to add to its lower-house one was considered a safe bet.

数月之前，通过取得上议院主要席位来增加下议院席位被视为一种保守的赌注。

It lacks enough votes in the lower house to override upper-house opposition to its legislation.

在下议院它缺少足够的票数来推翻上议院对其立法的反对。

Labor lacks a majority in the upper house and needs the support of seven non-government senators to have its bills passed.

工党不是上议院的多数党，它需要7位非政府议员的支持来使法案获得通过。

But he has so far failed to persuade opposition MPs, who control the upper house of parliament, to approve his 92. 4tn yen spending plans.

但目前为止，他提出的92.4万亿日元的开销计划并没有得到控制国会上议院的反对党政员的同意。

The new security bill must be approved by the Italian Senate, parliament's upper house, before it becomes law.

这项新通过的安全法案必须由意大利议会参议院通过才能生效。

Last summer the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won unprecedented control of the upper house of the Diet (parliament).

去年夏天，反对党日本民主党赢得空前的胜利，控制了国会参议院。

Countries as diverse as Australia and Switzerland function smoothly enough with an elected upper house.

在澳大利亚和瑞士这样的多元化国家，参院由选举产生，运转良好。

It depends on unelected life senators for its majority in the upper house and so is vulnerable to even a small rebellion on its own side.

它依赖不经选举的终身参议员维持在参议员的多数，因此也难以抵挡自己一方的小小倒戈。

The upper house of Russia's parliament is set to begin debate Monday on recognizing the independence of the two republics.

俄罗斯议会上院预定星期一开始就承认这两个分裂共和国独立的问题展开辩论。

Strange, then, that Mr Kan turned back, fighting this summer's upper house election on an austerity platform.

吊诡的是，菅直人却彻底转向，试图通过财政紧缩赢得夏季的上院选举。

The upper house is likely to vote on the law in the next few weeks.

上院很可能在接下来的数周内就此法律进行表决。

'I thought he was a Japanese citizen, ' Mr. Kan said before the Upper House Budget Committee.

菅直人在参议院预算委员会说，我以为他是一位日本公民。

Elections for the upper house of Japan's Diet (parliament) brought gloom to the governing Democratic Party of Japan.

日本国会（议会）参议院选举结果使民主党执政前景暗淡。

The Dutch government looked set to lose its majority in the upper-house Senate after its coalition partners did badly in regional elections.

在其联盟伙伴在地方选举中惨败之后，荷兰现政府有可能失去议会上院中的多数席位。

Other want more autonomy, and perhaps even a tribal council that functions as an upper house of parliament.

还有的希望获得更多的自治权，也许，甚至一个起到议会上院作用的部族理事会，都有此想法。