lower house

noun

1. （英国）下议院，平民院；（美国）众议院
   the larger group of people who make laws in a country, usually consisting of elected representatives, such as the House of Commons in Britain or the House of Representatives in the US

1. The party won a resounding victory on Sunday, claiming an absolute majority in the lower house of Parliament.
   上周日的选举中，这个秉持保守主义立场的政党获得了压倒性胜利，在众议院获得绝对多数席位。
2. Italy's lower house of parliament has approved a new security bill by that redefines illegal immigration as a criminal offense.
   意大利议会众议院已经通过了一个新的安全法案，重新确定非法移民为一种犯罪行为。
3. Voters will be electing members to the four provincial assemblies and the lower house of parliament.
   选民们将选举四个省级议会的成员和国民议会下院的议员。
4. The Senate passed the bill last week and sent it back to the lower house to approve minor amendments.
   澳大利亚参议院上周通过了这一法案，并将其发回众议院审核一些轻微修订。
5. I understand, too, the risks of a policy that might actually lower house prices.
   我也知道一项可能会降低房价的政策的风险。
6. The lower house passed the bill under similar circumstances last month.
   日本众议院上月在类似情形下通过了这个法案。
7. Now it has no seats in the Bundestag, the lower house.
   如今，该党在德国议会下院德国联邦议院（Bundestag）中已没有席位。
8. He said 'a knife, gas and other weapons' were used inside the chamber of the lower house.
   他说，下议院中动用了刀具、喷雾和其他武器。
9. Labor has a slim majority in the lower house because of support from one green MP and several independents.
   由于得到一名绿党下院议员和几名独立议员的支持，工党目前在下院占据微弱多数。
10. The CDU and FDP were expected to win 323 out of 614 seats in the new Bundestag, or lower house, giving it a 16-seat majority.
    预计基民盟和自民党将赢得bundestag（即下议院）614席位中的323个席位，比多数席位多出16个席位。
11. This should have a smoother passage once it reaches the lower house.
    一旦进入下院讨论，该法案的通过将更加顺利。
12. Losing Dunwoody's seat in parliament's lower House of Commons would be a further stinging blow.
    而如果再失去邓伍迪在下议院的议员席位无疑将是雪上加霜。
13. The lower house, the National Assembly has already approved the package.
    而下议院和国民议会已经通过了退休制度改革的议案。
14. The election for the lower house of parliament took three months. It is taking another two to elect the second, powerless chamber.
    议会下院的选举花了三个月才完成，又等了两个月才选出第二个软弱无力的内阁。
15. The lower house has fast tracked the measure, which was announced by President Dmitri Medvedev last week.
    在总统梅德韦杰夫上周宣布了这项提案后，俄罗斯下院迅速采取行动对提案进行立法。
16. Japan's lower house of Parliament has voted to upgrade the country's defense agency into a ministry.
    日本国会众议院投票通过把日本防卫厅提升为防卫省。
17. In any case the lower house has no executive power.
    无论如何下议院并无行政权。
18. The lower house of the British parliament.
    英国国会中的下议院。
19. The lower house followed the senate in giving his government an overwhelming vote of confidence.
    继参议院后，蒙蒂政府在下议院的信任投票中也获得绝对支持。
20. The lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approved the measure during its first reading today.
    俄议会下院星期五在对这项议案进行一读时以压倒多数批准了这项提案。
21. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
    爱尔兰共和国国会的下议院。
22. But last week a consumption tax rise was passed by the lower house.
    但在上周，日本众议院通过了上调消费税的议案。
23. Under the Constitution, the lower house is more powerful and holds the final say.
    按照宪法规定，众议院拥有更大的权力并且掌握着最终发言权。
24. When news reached the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, scuffles broke out between government and opposition.
    当消息传到众议院，引起了政府和反对派之间的混战。
25. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won a critical confidence vote in both the Senate and the lower house of parliament.
    意大利总理贝卢斯科尼在参议院和众议院都赢得了关键的信任案投票。
26. The Senate is the one that matters: in the lower house, the government has a comfortable majority.
    参议院就成为焦点地带了：因为在下议院，政府占有绝对多数席位的优势。