parliament
- IPA[ˈpärləm(ə)nt]
美式
- (in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons；the members of parliament for a particular period, especially between one dissolution and the next
noun: Parliament, plural noun: parliaments
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. (in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons the Secretary of State will lay proposals before Parliament
- ▪ the members of parliament for a particular period, especially between one dissolution and the next the act was passed by the last parliament of the reign 同義詞
- ▪ a legislature similar to parliament in other nations and states the Russian parliament 同義詞
