house of assembly

短语

词形变化

houses of assembly 复数 houses of assembly

别名

House of Assembly

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Especially in current or former countries of the Commonwealth of Nations and in former British colonies, the official meeting place of elected legislators (usually the lower house of a bicameral legislature) where laws are debated and enacted.

    政治

    A Governor, with two houses of legislature, generally called the Senate and the House of Representatives, exists in each State. In the State of New York the Lower House is called the Assembly. . . . The House of Assembly does consist of 128 members.