House of Lords

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• n.（英國）上議院；上議院大樓
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)英國上議院；貴族院；上院

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

na.

1. 貴族院,上院

英英解釋

n.	1. the nonelected upper house of Parliament in the United Kingdom, made up of life peers, some hereditary peers, and some bishops

例句

Yet for all that, the House of Lords is currently working better than it has for a long time.

盡管如此，上院當(dāng)前的工作情況還是比以前有所提高。

The issue needed to be clarified by the House of Lords - and now we're being deprived of that.

上議院有必要予以澄清——而眼下我們還沒有這個結(jié)果。

And in May the House of Lords halted passage of a bill that would have given doctors some scope to help grown ups to die.

在五月的時候，上議院曾拒絕通過一項可能會使醫(yī)生有權(quán)限用安樂死結(jié)束病痛嬰兒生命的法案。

A conference they staged in London last October was co-hosted by four British universities, plus the House of Lords.

他們去年10月在倫敦召開的一次會議是由4個英國大學(xué)與上議院（HouseofLords）共同舉辦的。

The House of Lords performs its work well, but lacks sufficient democratic authority, " he said. "

雖然上議院很好地履行了職責(zé)，但其民主權(quán)威性不足。

Under another set of proposals due to be unveiled in May, the present House of Lords is earmarked for abolition.

在其他將于5月揭曉的一系列提案中，當(dāng)前的上議院又被打上了待廢止的標(biāo)簽。

but recently a new sort of Lord, a "life peer" , has been introduced into the House of Lords.

大多數(shù)勛爵是“世襲”的，即兒子可以繼承父親的頭銜。但近來一種新的勛爵，即“非世襲的終身貴族”進(jìn)入了上議院。

"At the Council board he was taciturn ; and in the House of Lords he never opened his lips" (Macaulay).

“在眾議院他沉默寡言；在參議院中他從不開口”：（麥考萊）。

At present, around the "parliamentary elections and the electoral Act, " the atmosphere of the House of Lords has become extremely fierce.

目前，圍繞《議會選舉和選區(qū)法案》，上議院的氣氛已經(jīng)變得極為激烈。

Half way up the stairs there was a lavatory. . . "The House of Lords , " said Jake.

樓梯中間有個廁所……“人家管它叫‘上議院’，”杰克說。

A friend, very beautiful still at 71, recently referred to the impact she had "as a girl" making her first visit to the House of Lords.

有一位朋友71歲，仍然很漂亮，她最近談到首次到訪英國國會上議院時，她“作為女孩”所帶來的影響。

She was appointed (not elected) by the Labour Party to the House of Lords, from where she was sent to Brussels as trade commissioner.

后工黨指任（非選舉）其進(jìn)入上議院，此后她被派往布魯塞爾當(dāng)人貿(mào)易委員。

Two years after his retirement in 1977, Peter Hill-Norton was made Baron and a member of the House of Lords.

自1977年退休兩年之后，彼得.希爾.諾頓就被授予男爵爵位以及上議院議員一職。

However, as it was, L made his application in 1948 and the court followed the ratio of the 1946 House of Lords' decision.

不過，事實上，L于1948年提起他的申請，法庭遵照1946年上議院的判決理由作出了裁判。

The United Kingdom is a unitary, not a federal, state. Parliament consists of the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

英國是中央集權(quán)國家，而不是聯(lián)邦制國家。議會由君主，上議院和下議院組成。

The cure of admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

要治療你對上議院的羨慕，只要到那里去看一下。

Before reform in 2005 we tolerated a lord chancellor who sought to be a minister, a judge and Speaker of the House of Lords.

2005年改革之前，我們曾允許上議院大臣兼任內(nèi)閣大臣、法官和上議院議長。

House of Lords, known as Peers, are less important but more independent than House of Commons.

上議院，就是貴族院，沒有下議院重要但更獨立。

One proposal would offer retired peers associate membership, including the right to return and visit the House of Lords for tea.

一項提議表示給予退休的貴族議員副會員的資格，包括有權(quán)回到上議院喝喝茶。

Mr Wilders was invited to the House of Lords for a screening of Fitna by the UK Independence Party's Lord Pearson.

Wilders先生是應(yīng)英國獨立黨黨首Pearson之邀赴英國上議院放映他的影片《Fitna》。

Not until July 2008 did the British House of Lords vote to abolish the common law crimes of blasphemy and blasphemous libel.

直到2008年7月，英國上議院（HouseofLords）才投票廢止了習(xí)慣法中的褻瀆神明和褻瀆誹謗罪。

In 1946 in a similar case between different parties the House of Lords overruled the Court of Appeal case of 1942.

在1946年的一起不同當(dāng)事人的類似案例中，上議院推翻了1942年上訴法院的那個案件。

be composed of The British Parliament is composed of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

英國國會是由下議院和上議院組成的。

Eventually, in March 1605, Thomas Percy was able to use his connections at the Royal Court to rent a cellar right under the House of Lords!

最后，在1605年3月，托馬斯·珀西利用他在宮廷的關(guān)系租用了一個位于上議院正下方的地窖！

In the same year, the House of Lords ruled that same sex partners should be treated as family and have the right to succeed a tenancy.

在同一年，上議院規(guī)定同性伴侶應(yīng)做為家庭對待，有權(quán)獲得租方合約。

All want the House of Lords to be wholly or largely elected under a proportional voting system.

它們都希望上議院全部或大部分是通過比例選舉制選舉產(chǎn)生。

In a statement to the House of Lords, he stressed the fact that 300, 000 UK companies were operating elsewhere in Europe.

在遞交上議院（HouseofLords）的一份聲明中，他強調(diào)有30萬家英國公司在歐洲其他地區(qū)運營。

The British Parliament consists of the House of Lords and the House of the Commons.

英國議會是由上議院和下議院構(gòu)成的。

Legislation must be considered and passed by the House of Lords.

立法必須得到上議院的審查和通過。

Proposals to detain without charge people suspected of terrorism for up to 42 days foundered in the House of Lords in 2008.

2008年，可以不經(jīng)過審判對疑似恐怖分子實行最長42天的扣留的提議在上議院中未獲通過。

In the afternoon of 17 to 18 on the morning of a Parliament, the British House of Lords, Members of more than extreme fatigue.

在17日下午到18日上午的一場議會審議中，英國上議院多名議員極度疲倦。

House of Lords investigation in 1998 broadly hailed the medical potential of cannabis, as well as of compounds obtained from it.

1998年，英國上議院的一項調(diào)查就大力推薦、贊賞大麻和其提取物制藥的無限潛力。

Women were given the right to stand for Parliament in 1918 but still could not become members of the House of Lords.

1918年女性得到出席國會的權(quán)利，但尚未能夠成為上議院一份子。

British government insisted that the bill in full accordance with existing content, schedule adopted in the House of Lords.

英國政府堅持要求這一法案完全按照現(xiàn)有內(nèi)容，按期在上議院通過。

That fine and difficult judgment is being revisited this week in the House of Lords, in two different ways.

本周這一精美復(fù)雜的論斷在上議院被重新審議，而且還是以兩種不同的方式。

Helen Newlove, whose husband Gary was murdered in 2007, is expected to be elevated to the House of Lords.

海倫紐拉夫，其丈夫加里于2007被謀殺，將有望被提拔至英國上議院議員。

The policy was narrowly defeated in the House of Lords on May 11th, but this opposition is expected to be overcome.

5月11日，該政策在上議院以微弱的劣勢未得到通過，但是反對應(yīng)該會被克服。

Earlier this month the Sovereign Grant Bill, which will revolutionise the way the Royal Family is funded was passed by the House of Lords.

這個月早些時候的主權(quán)授予條例草案由上議院通過，這將徹底改變皇室受資助的方式。

The previous government introduced a freedom of information act. An overhaul of the House of Lords is under way.

上一屆政府實施了信息自由法案，對上議院的詳細(xì)審查正在進(jìn)行。

Anthony Lester QC, a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords and a prominent libel lawyer, hopes to change that.

杰出的誹謗罪律師，自由民主黨上議院議員大律師安東尼·萊斯特希望作出改變。