House of Lords

noun

1. （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
2. 上议院大楼
   the building where members of the House of Lords meet

1. N-PROPER （英国）上议院，贵族院;上议院大楼
   The House of Lords is the part of the parliament in Britain whose members have not been elected. The building where they meet is also called the House of Lords.
   1. The legislation has twice been rejected by the House of Lords.
      该法规已经两次遭到上议院的否决。

1. The legislation has twice been rejected by the House of Lords.
   该法规已经两次遭到上议院的否决。
2. The House of Lords is the only bulwark of democracy in this country.
   在这个国家，上议院是唯一的民主堡垒。
3. They will now seek permission to take their case to the House of Lords, and, if need be, to the European Court of Human Rights.
   他们现在将争取获准将案件呈交上议院审理，并且，如有必要，会上诉到欧洲人权法院。
4. John Major will not try to pack the House of Lords.
   约翰·梅杰不会在上议院安插亲信。
5. It's thought she may eventually accept a peerage and move to the House of Lords.
   人们认为她最终可能接受贵族头衔，进入上议院。
6. The House of Lords is made up of the Lords Spiritual and the Lords Temporal.
   贵族院（上议院）由神职贵族和世俗贵族组成。
7. And the most important part of Parliament was the House of Lords.
   议会的最重要的部分是上议院。
8. It later developed into the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
   大议会发展到后来演变成议会，分为上议院和下议院。
9. Members of the House of Lords resident in Scotland.
   居住在苏格兰的上议院议员。
10. The Labour Party rejected offers to discuss the reform of the house of lords.
    工党拒绝了有关讨论改组上院的建议。
11. The land reform bill was thrown out by the house of lords.
    土改议案被上议院否决了。
12. Still, barring last-minute upheavals the legislation will pass through the house of Lords in a few weeks.
    但除非在最后时刻发生剧变，这项立法还是会在几周后在上院通过。
13. The house of Lords defeated the amendment.
    上议院否决了该修正案。
14. In Britain the houses of Parliament are called the house of Commons and the house of lords.
    在英国议会两院称为下议院和上议院。
15. The British Parliament is comprised of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
    英国议会由上院和下院组成。
16. It has two houses& the house of Lords and the house of commons;
    在议会里有两院，即上议院和下议院。
17. He proposed the abolition of the hereditary right to belong to the house of lords.
    他提议废除上议院议员的世袭权。
18. The British cabinet minister who is head of the judiciary and Speaker of the House of Lords.
    在英国是司法部首脑和上议院发言人的内阁大臣。
19. Victoria returning to Buckingham Palace from the House of Lords in 1839.
    维多利亚从上议院返回白金汉宫，1839年。
20. Bill will be sent from the House of Commons to the House of Lords.
    议案将由下议院送到上议院。
21. Even Britain has expelled most of its aristocrats from the House of Lords.
    英国甚至将多数贵族驱离出了上议院。
22. He entered London society and spoke in the House of Lords.
    他进入了伦敦社交界，在上议院发表演讲。
23. He was probably the most august figure in the house of lords.
    他可能是上议院最威严的人物。
24. The house of Lords is the second chamber of Parliament in great britain.
    贵族院是英国国会的上议院。
25. The government is certain to try conclusions with the house of lords.
    政府肯定要和上院决一雌雄。
26. Archbishops and bishops, of whom twenty-four sit in the house of lords.
    大主教和主教中有24人是上议院议员。
27. In Britain the upper chamber or parliament is the house of lords, the lower the house of commons.
    英国的上议院或国会是贵族议院，下议院是众议院。
28. The bill goes through these stages first in the House of Commons and then in the House of Lords.
    法案首先在下院通过这些阶段，然后在上院重复这些阶段。
29. ( British) a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords.
    （英国）有资格参加上议院的贵族。
30. Legislation must be considered and passed by the House of Lords.
    立法必须得到上议院的审查和通过。