| 释义 |
上议院shàngyìyuàn某些国家两院制议会的组成部分。上议院有权否决下议院所通过的法案,议员由间接选举产生或由国家元首指定,任期比下议院议员长,有的终身任职,也有世袭的。上议院名称各国叫法不一,如英国叫贵族院,美国、日本叫参议院等。{upper house; part of a two-chamber parliament in some countries. The upper house has the power to veto a bill passed by the lower house, its members are elected by indirect ballot or appointed by the head of state and have longer terms of office than those of the lower house, and the position of some members may even be lifelong or hereditary. The names of the upper house differ from country to country:
it is called the House of Lords in Britain, and the Senate in the United States and Japan.} |