senate

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• n.參議院（美國、澳大利亞、加拿大、法國等國家的兩個(gè)立法機(jī)構(gòu)之一；美國許多州議會(huì)也設(shè)有參議院）
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)上院；元老院；美國參議院

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" He said he served as Senate speaker, but the work does not end, determined to " make people's lives for the better and hard work.

他說自己擔(dān)任過參院議長，但工作并不因此而結(jié)束，決心“為使國民的生活變得更好而拼命努力”。

Harry Reid, the party's leader in the Senate, faces a difficult election fight in Nevada: he said the mosque should go somewhere else.

參議院民主黨領(lǐng)袖哈里?里德（HarryReid）在內(nèi)華達(dá)州面臨艱難選戰(zhàn)：他稱清真寺應(yīng)該建在其它地方。

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he did not expect to have to defend religious freedom on the floor of the U. S. Senate.

參議院少數(shù)黨領(lǐng)袖米奇·麥康奈爾說，他沒有料到不得不在參議院捍衛(wèi)宗教自由。

Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate banking committee, said the bail-out in its original form was unacceptable.

共和黨參議員銀行委員會(huì)主席RichardShelby表示，原有的緊急援助形式是不可接受的。

We sort of have a 'do-nothing Senate' right now where nobody's wanting to really pick up the ball and run with it. . .

現(xiàn)在我們有一個(gè)“什么也不做的參議院”，沒人想要真的拿起球運(yùn)球…

President Bush said he hoped Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, has the same desire to move the bill forward as he does.

布什總統(tǒng)表示他希望參議院多數(shù)黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人、內(nèi)華達(dá)州民主黨人哈里·里德與自己一樣有意推動(dòng)立法進(jìn)展。

When he entered the Senate, Miller did not know that he was shortly to be murdered by his dearest friend.

當(dāng)米勒進(jìn)入參議院時(shí)，他根本不會(huì)想到他不久將被他最親愛的朋友謀殺。

He had served in the marines in World War II, had been a great governor, and was the best speaker in the Senate.

他二戰(zhàn)時(shí)曾在海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)服役，州長的工作也做過很出色，在參議院也是最好的議長。

The findings and allegations in the Senate report are said by people familiar with the matter to mirror those discovered by US authorities.

據(jù)知情人士稱，參議院這份報(bào)告的這些發(fā)現(xiàn)和指控與美國當(dāng)局的發(fā)現(xiàn)相似。

The point of all this, though, was to uphold the worth of the Senate.

然而，這一切的意義都在與維護(hù)參議院的形象。

And the United States Senate has a duty as well - to give those nominees a fair hearing, and a prompt up-or-down vote on the Senate floor.

美國參議院也有責(zé)任就這些提名人選問題舉行公平的聽證會(huì)，并在參議院立即做出表決。

Now, he said, it would fall to the Senate "to take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people. "

現(xiàn)在，奧巴馬語重心長地說道，“代表美國人們接過接力棒奔向終點(diǎn)的責(zé)任”就落在了參議院身上。

In his own life, Barack Obama has lived the American dream, as a community organizer, in the state senate, as a United States senator.

身為社區(qū)組織者、州參議員和聯(lián)邦參議員，貝拉克·奧巴馬自已的生活就是美國夢的真實(shí)寫照。

After Mr Obama's speech, Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell accused the Obama administration of trying to "lock up" US energy.

就在奧巴馬發(fā)言后，共和黨參議院領(lǐng)袖米奇麥康奈爾指責(zé)奧巴馬政府試圖“鎖定”美國能源。

The U. S. Senate has dropped efforts to put emissions curbs in an energy bill now focused on reforming offshore drilling.

美國參議院已經(jīng)否決了一項(xiàng)控制溫室氣體排放的能源法案，此法案重點(diǎn)在于改革離岸石油開采。

Jones grew up in Paris and is fluent in French. As a young officer in the 1980s he was the Marine Corps' liaison to the U. S. Senate.

瓊斯將軍在巴黎長大，能說一口流利的法語。在1980年代，他是一名年輕的海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)駐美國參議院聯(lián)絡(luò)官。

And he had a plain face, one which many thought was ugly. He looked more like a simple farmer than a candidate for the United States Senate.

他看起來更像一位農(nóng)民，而不像是美國參議員的候選人。

The Chairman of this Subcommittee, Senator Frist, has asked you for a 1 page memo on whether or not the Senate should ratify the Treaty.

小組委員會(huì)的主席，福瑞斯特參議員要求你繳交一份單頁備忘錄，說明參議院是否該批準(zhǔn)這份協(xié)議。

Hillary Clinton said the decision to give up her seat in the U. S. Senate to accept the post of secretary of state was not easy.

希拉里.克林頓說，放棄參議員的工作去接受國務(wù)卿任命是一個(gè)艱難的決定。

Good morning. The United States Senate is now considering my nomination of Judge Sam Alito to be an associate justice on the Supreme Court.

美國參議院正在考慮我對山姆~奧利特的最高法院大法官的提名。

The secrets of the President and the Cabinet, as well as of the Senate and the House of Representatives, seemed to be open to him.

總統(tǒng)和國務(wù)院的秘密以及參議院和眾議院的秘密，好象對他都是公開的。

But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the Vice President.

但如果有二人或二人以上得票相等時(shí)，應(yīng)由參議院投票表決，選舉其中一人為副總統(tǒng)。

We run him for the Senate.

我們推舉他競選參議員。

But the senate in 1905 amended these treaties to make its consent to each arbitration necessary, and he withdrew them.

但是1905年參議院修正了這些條約，規(guī)定每一次仲裁都必須參議院同意，他于是撤消這些條約。

Under Senate rules, the chamber must vote on the bill by this Friday.

根據(jù)規(guī)定，參議院必須在本星期五以前投票表決此項(xiàng)議案。

The Senate disapproved the nominations.

參議院拒絕批準(zhǔn)這些提名。

The scandal prompted a senate investigation.

公憤促使上議院進(jìn)行調(diào)查。

Rumors soon reached the Senate; it began an investigation on February 2nd.

謠言立即傳到參議院；參議院在2月2日開始調(diào)查。

President pushed the bill, now called the Keating-Owen bill, through the Senate in the summer of 1916.

總統(tǒng)于1916年夏天促使參議院通過了這個(gè)當(dāng)時(shí)稱為基廷-歐文法的法案。

The truth is that given the state of American politics, the way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government.

事實(shí)上，在當(dāng)前的美國政治生態(tài)下，參院運(yùn)作的方式已經(jīng)不再與政府是否如常運(yùn)作有必然的關(guān)系。

Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate finance committee, said it was just one of several ways in which China broke world trade rules.

參議院金融委員會(huì)主席馬克斯?鮑卡斯（MaxBaucus）表示，中國多處打破世界貿(mào)易規(guī)則，壓低匯率只是其中之一。

despite the fact that I've opposed them even before I got to the United States Senate.

盡管事實(shí)上我甚至在加入美國參議院前就反對這些政策。

In the Senate, Obama amassed a voting record in line with that of the Democratic Party's liberal wing.

奧巴馬在參議院的投票記錄與民主黨自由派的記錄一致。

He worked his way through college and made it to the Senate by the age of 29.

進(jìn)入大學(xué)接受高等教育，為他的人生鋪設(shè)了一條坦途，29歲那年他進(jìn)入參議院。

The full Senate will take up the matter after this week's Thanksgiving recess, with the leadership keen to pass it before Christmas.

參議院全體在本周感恩節(jié)假期后將開始從事這件事，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層非常想在圣誕節(jié)之前通過這項(xiàng)法案。

McClellan said Bush would be urging the Senate and the Senate minority leader to let the comprehensive bipartisan agreement move forward.

麥克萊倫還指出，布什總統(tǒng)將敦促參議院和參議院少數(shù)派領(lǐng)袖推進(jìn)兩黨達(dá)成的共識。

This was the culmination of a campaign extending over many months in the Senate and in the media to get at the "truth" in Laos.

參議院和新聞界為弄清老撾問題“真相”而進(jìn)行了許多個(gè)月的運(yùn)動(dòng)，現(xiàn)在達(dá)到了高潮。

Andy was as good as his word. He kept writing to the State Senate. Two letters a week instead of one.

安迪就像他說的那樣，不停的給州議院寫信。一星期兩封而不是一封。

With the bill struggling to pass the Senate, the support of influential companies will give it a boost.

在這項(xiàng)議案努力通過參議院認(rèn)可的時(shí)候，大公司的支持會(huì)起到一個(gè)極大的激勵(lì)作用。

He didn't happen to see that light during the first three years as a member of the United States Senate, $932 million in requests.

而在他作為美國議會(huì)成員的前三年，沒有見過他良心發(fā)現(xiàn)，9.32億美元的申請啊。

Perhaps the Senate should give a bit of money to the CPSC but it need not splash out too much.

也許參議院是應(yīng)該給美國消費(fèi)品安全委員會(huì)一點(diǎn)錢，但不需要給太多。

Mr Obama said he was comfortable with the Senate's plan. It seems a safe bet that the protesters in McPherson Square would approve as well.

奧巴馬表示他對參議院的方案感到滿意。麥佛森廣場上的抗議者們應(yīng)該也會(huì)對該方案表示贊同。

When Burris arrived at the Capitol without the document, the secretary of the Senate informed him he would not be accepted.

而伯里斯到參議院報(bào)到時(shí)并無這一證件，因此，參議院秘書通知他其任命不被接受。

So the consumer protection bureau serves a vital function. But as I said, Senate Republicans are trying to kill it.

所以，消費(fèi)者金融保護(hù)局發(fā)揮著關(guān)鍵的作用。不過就像我說的那樣，參議院共和黨人正在設(shè)法扼殺它。

The president said he expected the Senate to quickly make a last set of legislative fixes needed in the new law.

奧巴馬總統(tǒng)表示，他期望參議院能夠快速對新的法律進(jìn)行最后的修改。

Lo and behold, when he returned to Washington, the Senate Republican Leader came out against the common-sense reforms we've proposed.

你瞧，當(dāng)參議院共和黨的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)回到華盛頓時(shí)，他便站出來反對我們我們提出的常識性的改革建議。

If it does pass, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D. , Nev. ) prepared to put it to a vote in the Senate, hoping to defeat it.

如果博納的方案在眾議院獲得通過，參議院多數(shù)黨領(lǐng)袖里德（HarryReid，內(nèi)華達(dá)州民主黨人）準(zhǔn)備在參議院就博納的方案進(jìn)行投票，希望能挫敗這份方案。

China was just beginning to remake its economy, and I was in the first Senate delegation to witness this evolution.

那時(shí)中國正準(zhǔn)備重塑她的經(jīng)濟(jì)，我正是第一個(gè)見證該變化的參議院代表團(tuán)成員。

Let me unequivocally state right here before you and the whole country, under no circumstances was I trying to sell the Senate seat. . .

讓我在此于大家和全國面前明確地說明，我不會(huì)在任何情況下嘗試出售參議院席位…