house of lords

单词house of lords

基本解释

na.: 贵族院

权威解释

• （英国）上议院，贵族院:

  (in Britain) the part of Parliament whose members are not elected by the people of the country

• 上议院大楼:

  the building where members of the House of Lords meet

英汉解释

• 上院;参议院

例句

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

  尽管如此，上院当前的工作情况还是比以前有所提高。

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

  上议院有必要予以澄清——而眼下我们还没有这个结果。

• 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.

  在五月的时候，上议院曾拒绝通过一项可能会使医生有权限用安乐死结束病痛婴儿生命的法案。

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

  他们去年10月在伦敦召开的一次会议是由4个英国大学与上议院（HouseofLords）共同举办的。

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

  虽然上议院很好地履行了职责，但其民主权威性不足。

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

  在其他将于5月揭晓的一系列提案中，当前的上议院又被打上了待废止的标签。

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

  大多数勋爵是“世袭”的，即儿子可以继承父亲的头衔。但近来一种新的勋爵，即“非世袭的终身贵族”进入了上议院。

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

  “在众议院他沉默寡言；在参议院中他从不开口”：（麦考莱）。

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

  目前，围绕《议会选举和选区法案》，上议院的气氛已经变得极为激烈。

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

  楼梯中间有个厕所……“人家管它叫‘上议院’，”杰克说。