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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary leg·is·la·ture DATE 1654 : a body of persons having the power to legislate; specifically : an organized body having the authority to make laws for a political unit English Etymology legislature 1670s, ult. from L. legis lator "a proposer of a law" (see legislator). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 legislature le·gis·la·ture / 5ledVisleitFE(r) / noun (formal)a group of people who have the power to make and change laws 立法机关: a democratically elected legislature 民主选举产生的立法机关 the national / state legislature 国家/州立法机构 ⇨ compare executive n. (3), judiciary Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English legislature noun ADJ. highest, supreme | bicameral, unicameral | 109-member, etc. | elected | standing | central, federal, national, provincial, state VERB + LEGISLATURE be elected to She is the youngest woman to be elected to the national legislature. LEGISLATURE + VERB comprise sth, consist of sth The legislature comprises a 212-member Chamber of Deputies elected for a four-year term. | pass sth The legislature passed a law to prohibit the dumping of nuclear waste. | vote The legislature voted narrowly to table a motion of no-confidence in the government. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: representative legislature leg·is·la·ture \ˈlejə̇ˌslāchə(r) sometimes ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun (-s) Etymology: legislator + -ure 1. : a body of persons having the power to legislate; specifically :an organized body having the authority to make laws for a political unit and often exercising other functions (as control of the administration) < the legislature in every state except Nebraska is a bicameral … body — F.A.Ogg & P.O.Ray > < the imperial parliament is historically the supreme legislature of the king's dominions — Martin Wight > — compare assembly 1a, congress 3, parliament , senate 2. obsolete : the exercise of the power or function of legislating : legislation 1 < inconvenient to have both the legislature and the execution in the same hands — Gilbert Burnet > |
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