senate 音标拼音: [s'ɛnət] [s'ɛnɪt]
n . 参议院,上议院,评议会
参议院,上议院,评议会
senate n 1 :
assembly possessing high legislative powers 2 :
the upper house of the United States Congress [
synonym : {
United States Senate }, {
U .
S .
Senate }, {
US Senate }, {
Senate }]
Senate \
Sen "
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n . [
OE .
senat ,
F .
s ['
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nat ,
fr .
L .
senatus ,
fr .
senex ,
gen .
senis ,
old ,
an old man .
See {
Senior }, {
Sir }.]
1 .
An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions .
Specifically :
(
a ) (
Anc .
Rom .)
A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation ,
and having supreme legislative authority .
[
1913 Webster ]
The senate was thus the medium through which all affairs of the whole government had to pass .
--
Dr .
W .
Smith .
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1913 Webster ]
(
b )
The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries ,
as in France ,
in the United States ,
in most of the separate States of the United States ,
and in some Swiss cantons .
(
c )
In general ,
a legislative body ;
a state council ;
the legislative department of government .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London . [
Eng .]
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
In some American colleges ,
a council of elected students ,
presided over by the president of the college ,
to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general concern affecting the students . [
U .
S .]
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Senate chamber },
a room where a senate meets when it transacts business .
{
Senate house },
a house where a senate meets when it transacts business .
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1913 Webster ]
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Senate ":
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Liberia ,
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West Germany Senate (
Acts 5 :
21 ),
the "
elders of Israel "
who formed a component part of the Sanhedrin .
SENATE ,
government .
The less numerous branch of the legislature .
2 .
The constitution of the United States ,
article 1 ,
s .
3 ,
cl .
1 ,
directs that "
the senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state ,
chosen by the legislature thereof for six years ;
and each senator shall have one vote ."
The vice president of the United States ,"
to use the language of the constitution ,
art .
1 ,
s .
3 ,
cl .
4 ,
"
shall be president of the senate ,
but shall have no vote unless they be equally divided ."
In the senate each state in its political capacity ,
is represented ,
upon a footing of perfect equality ,
like a congress of sovereigns or ambassadors ,
or like an assembly of peers .
It is unlike the house of representatives .
where the people are represented .
Story ,
Const .
ch .
10 .
3 .
The senate of the United States is invested with legislative ,
executive and judicial powers .
4 .-
1 .
It is a legislative body whose concurrence is requisite to the passage of every law .
It may originate any bill ,
except those for raising revenue ,
which shall originate in the house of representatives ;
but the senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills .
Const .
art .
1 ,
s .
7 ,
el .
I .
5 .-
2 .
The senate is invested with executive authority in concluding treaties and making appointments .
Vide President of the United States of America .
6 .-
3 .
It is invested with judicial power when it is formed into a court for the trial of impeachments .
See Courts of the United States .
7 .
In most of the states the less numerous branch of the legislature bears the title of senate .
In such a body the people are represented as well as in the other house .
Vide article Congress ;
and ,
for the senates of the several states ,
the name of each state .
See ,
also ,
articles Courts of the United States ,
I ;
House of Representatives ;
Vice -
President of the United States .
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