Upper House
常见例句
- If he resists, the LDP might censure him in the upper house, producing a similar outcome.
如果他加以拒絕,自民黨(LDP)也許會在上議院對他橫加指責,達到類似的結果。 - The bicameral Commonwealth Parliament consists of the Queen, the Senate (the upper house) of 76 senators, and a House of Representatives (the lower house) of 150 members.
兩院制的聯邦議會包括女王,蓡議院(上議院)有76個蓡議員,衆議院 (下議院)有150個成員。 - The Senate, the upper house, is expected to endorse it next month, marking a turning point for Australia, which emits more carbon per person than any other country in the developed world.
作爲上議院的蓡議院將於下個月支持該計劃,這在澳大利亞這個發達國家中人均碳排放量最大的國家標志著一個轉折點。 - The first test of the new government's popularity may come next year in upper house elections in Japan.
- The measures need the approval of the country's upper house of parliament, the Senate, which the government does not control.
- The bill faces strong opposition in the Senate. The upper house of Congress is not expected to take up the issue until September.
- Prime Minister Noda now needs to get the tax rise through the Upper House.
FORBES: For PM Noda: A Week of Political Drama and the Challenge Ahead - Why should any prime minister want to help a neutered upper house go off-message again?
ECONOMIST: Robert Cranborne’s Maxim gun - One idea is to reduce the power of the (opposition-dominated) upper house to block legislation.
ECONOMIST: Action man 返回 Upper House