parliament

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT/N-PROPER The parliament of some countries is the group of people who make or change its laws, and decide what policies the country should follow. 議會(huì)
The Bangladesh Parliament today approved the policy, but it has not yet become law. 孟加拉共和國議會(huì)今天批準(zhǔn)了這項(xiàng)政策，但它還沒有成爲(wèi)法律。
2. →see also Member of Parliament
3. N-COUNT A particular parliament is a particular period of time in which a parliament is doing its work, between two elections or between two periods of holiday. 一屆議會(huì)的任期; (兩次大選之間的) 一屆議會(huì)
The legislation is expected to be passed in the next parliament. 這項(xiàng)法槼有望在下屆議會(huì)中通過。

There are two chambers in the British parliament - the House of Commons is the lower chamber , and the House of Lords is the upper chamber .
If there were as many women as there are men in parliament, the situation would be very different.
The opposition leader led a very forceful attack on the government in parliament this morning .
When a bill is passed in parliament it becomes law .
After 30 years in the political arena , our local member of parliament is retiring next year .