upper house

美 [ˌʌpər ˈhaʊs]英 [ˌʌpə ˈhaʊs]
  • n.上议院 ;(美国)参议院;(英国)贵族院
upper houseupper house

noun

sing.上议院 ;(英国)贵族院;(美国)参议院
one of the parts of a parliament in countries which have a parliament that is divided into two parts. In Britain it is the House of Lords and in the US it is the Senate.

also upper chamber
also second chamber especially in BrE
compare lower house

upper house

频次

  • 1
    N-PROPER (英国)上(议)院,贵族院
    In Britain, the Upper House is the House of Lords.

    The decision was announced after objections were raised in the Upper House of Parliament.

    该决议是在上议院提出反对意见后宣布的。

  • 2
    N-PROPER (美国)参议院
    In the United States, the Upper House is the Senate.

  • 3
    N-COUNT (其他国家的两院制议会中资历较深而实权较小的)上议院
    In other countries where the parliament is divided into two groups of members, the Upper House is the more senior of these groups, although it may not be more powerful.

    The Upper House of the German parliament is to meet today in Berlin.

    德国的上议院今天将在柏林开会。

  1. The decision was announced after objections were raised in the Upper House of Parliament .

    该决议是在上议院提出反对意见后宣布的。

  2. The Upper House is usually the smaller branch of a bicameral legislature .

    上议院通常是两院制议会中较小的一个。

  3. The Upper House of the German parliament is to meet today in Berlin .

    德国的上议院今天将在柏林开会。

  4. The legislation is now set to go to parliament 's upper house .

    该立法即将被送往议会上院。

  5. The upper house of the US Congress is the senate .

    美国议会的上院是参议院。

  6. An upper house capable of doing business would give Mr Obama an opening .

    可以打交道的参议院将给奥巴马一个机会。

  7. He hoped some peer would put a question in the upper house .

    他希望某贵族会在上议院提问题。

  8. The upper house of the US Congress .

    美国议会的上层议院。

  9. The group had never run a hotel until the upper house opened three years ago .

    在3年前奕居开业之前,该集团从未经营过酒店。

  10. Twenty members of the upper house were elected , earlier this year .

    20名上院议员已在今年早些时候选出。

  11. He is a member of the upper house of legislature .

    2.upperadj.较高的,上部的他是上议院的成员之一。

  12. The upper house still needs to approve the bill before it is enacted .

    法案要想成为法律还需获得国会参议院的批准。

  13. The bill stuck in the upper house .

    这个议案在上议院搁置了。

  14. The upper house of the British parliament .

    英国议会中的上议院。

  15. The first test of the new government 's popularity may come next year in upper house elections in Japan .

    关于新政府声望的首次测试将在明年日本的上院选举中进行。

  16. The house of Lords is the upper house of the British parliament .

    贵族院就是英国议会的上院。

  17. A censure motion adopted by the upper house has no legally binding force .

    而由上议院采纳的不信任提议并不具有法律约束力。

  18. The upper house is usually the smaller branch of a bicameral legislature

    (某些国家)两院制立法机构之下院上议院通常是两院制议会中较小的一个

  19. If not , it risks an electoral backlash in upper house elections next year .

    否则,该党可能会在明年的上议院选举中遭到选民倒戈。

  20. The Upper House appointed a committee to examine a bill which the Assembly had already passed .

    上院议员指派一个委员会审查议会已通过的议案。

  21. The government has already introduced an insurance bill allowing more foreign direct investment in the sector into the upper house .

    新政府已经在上院提出了一项允许更多外国直接投资进入保险业的法案。

  22. And the courts cannot disband the Upper House of Egypt 's Parliament .

    法院无权解散埃及议会上议院。

  23. After being passed by the legislative assembly , a bill goes to the upper house for further discussion .

    在立法会议通过后,议案交上院作进一步讨论。

  24. Reform of the Upper House , the decentralization of power from the central part to Scotland and Wales ;

    改革议会上院、从中央把部分权力下放到苏格兰和威尔士地区;

  25. This is important as legislation created in the lower house can get stomped up and die in the upper house .

    这一点很重要,因为上院可以阻止、否决下院提出的法案。

  26. The latest miserable results in regional elections have removed it from the upper house where the states are represented .

    由于最近在地方选举中遭遇惨败,该党在代表各州的议会上院中也被扫地出门。

  27. At the weekend he said his decision would depend on what Mr Prodi told the upper house later this week .

    本周末他表示还要看在马诺·普罗迪上议院的表现。

  28. Moreover , the religious revival that the Augustus and Upper House advanced related with the traditional morals in together .

    另外,奥古斯都和元老院共同推进的宗教复兴是与传统的道德联系在一起的。

  29. As such , if Merkel ever wanted to pass anything , she would need complicit support from the upper house .

    因此,如果默克尔真的想在议会通行无阻,她就需要其他党派联合在上院为她提供支持。

  30. She was elected to the upper house of the Japanese Parliament in 1974 , and served until 1992 .

    1974年,她当选日本参议院议员,任期至1992年。