House of Representatives

英 [haʊs ɒv ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪvz]

美 [haʊs əv ˌrɛprəˈzɛntətɪvz]

n.  (美国国会或澳大利亚议会的)众议院

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牛津词典

noun

• （美国国会或澳大利亚议会的）众议院
  the largest part of Congress in the US, or of the Parliament in Australia, whose members are elected by the people of the country

柯林斯词典

• N-PROPER （美国等国的）众议院
  The House of Representativesis the less powerful of the two parts of Congress in the United States, or the equivalent part of the system of government in some other countries.
  1. The House of Representatives approved a new budget plan.
     众议院批准了一项最新预算案。

双语例句

• He is speaker of the house of representatives.
  他是众议院的议长。
• Now any person prepared to bargain in the House of Representatives can extract an enormous price.
  现在，任何人准备在众议院讨价还价可以提取了巨大的代价。
• But intense opposition from conservatives has tied up the bill in the House of Representatives.
  但保守派的强烈反对使法案卡在了众议院这关。
• The House of Representatives must still approve the change.
  这一改变尚须众议院通过。
• The Congress of the United States has two house of representatives.
  美国国会大厦有两个标志性地建筑。
• The Republicans added at least four more seats to their comfortable majority in the House of Representatives.
  大选前，共和党在众议院已稳坐多数席位，大选后，共和党在众议院又增加了至少四个席位。
• The House of Representatives passed a bill last month that authorizes Congress to amend the Constitution.
  众议院上个月通过的一项法案，授权国会修改宪法。
• The Legislative branch, a bicameral legislature called Congress, consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
  立法分支是被称为国会的两院立法机构，由众议院和参议院组成。
• This week, the Republican leader in the House of Representatives offered his plan to create jobs.
  这个周，国会众议院的共和党领导人发布了他的就业增加计划。
• The Senate and House of Representatives approved the plan a short time later.
  美国参议院和众议院很快批准了这项临时拨款计划。