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两院制liǎngyuànzhì某些国家议会分设两院的制度。两院议员一般都由选举产生并定期改选,两院都有立法和监督行政的权力,但名称各有不同,如英国叫上议院和下议院,美国、日本叫参议院和众议院,法国叫参议院和国民议会。{two-chamber system; bicameral system; bicameralism; political system in some countries, in which all the members of the two chambers are usu. elected and re-elected regularly and both chambers have the power to make laws and exercise supervision over the administration. Their names differ from country to country, such as the Upper and Lower houses in Britain, the Senate and the House of Representatives in the United States and Japan, and the Senate and National Assembly in France.} |