States General

短语

na. (荷兰及革命前法国的)议会 [网络] 总议会；议会中；聯省议会

发音

UK /steɪts ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    An ad hoc consultative assembly in prerevolutionary France uniting representatives of the three estates of clergy, nobles, and commons.

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  2. 2.

    A similar assembly in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands.

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  3. 3.

    A standing executive-legislative council in the Dutch Republic, consisting of delegates of the sovereign Dutch provinces, that functioned as a de facto confederal government and/or collective head of state.

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  4. 4.

    The bicameral parliament of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

词源

From states, plural of state + general, after Dutch Staten-Generaal, Middle French etats generaux.

来源：wiktionary