| 单词 | legislator |
| 释义 | legislator noun[C] formaluk/ˈledʒ.ɪ.sleɪ.tər/us/ˈledʒ.ə.sleɪ.t̬ɚ/amemberof agroupofpeoplewho together have thepowerto makelaws 立法者UK politics: legislation & law-making
legislator| American Dictionarylegislator noun[C] us/ˈledʒ·əsˌleɪ·t̬ər/politics & government amemberof anelectedgroupofpeoplewho have thepowerto make orchangelaws legislator| Business Englishlegislator noun[C] LAWuk/ˈledʒɪsleɪtər/us/-ṱɚ/someone who isresponsiblefor makinglaws: They said they wouldcontinueto writelettersto legislatorsurgingthem topassthelaw. state/federal/EU legislators Examplesoflegislatorlegislator Party-based systems create career incentives for thelegislatorto support the overall aims of the parties. From theCambridge English Corpus With previous experiences, legislators had opportunities to accumulate expertise and incentives to organize legislatures in ways that relied on expertise. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, if legislators predict that bills will be enacted, they will vote for bills although they prefer to defeat bills. From theCambridge English Corpus Judges defer to legislators when the will of the latter is clearly expressed in statutes that have been enacted in the procedurally correct way. From theCambridge English Corpus This legislator's utterance enacts a law regarding who is permitted to vote. From theCambridge English Corpus Before the amendment, senators were elected indirectly by state legislators; after the amendment, senators were elected directly by the state citizenry. From theCambridge English Corpus It clearly allows for the possibility of legislative fallibility; legislators may create statutory rules whose applications they-individually or collectively- understand badly or not at all. From theCambridge English Corpus The moment is set amidst considerable and explicit unease on behalf of both legislators and judges. From theCambridge English Corpus We think that argument can be extended to state legislators at the beginning of the twentieth century. From theCambridge English Corpus However, it should be noted that unlike other exchanges of personal services for political support, constituent service is a recognised formal function of legislators. From theCambridge English Corpus It guards against legislative self-interest by pitting one set of legislators against the other, neutralizing one ambition with another. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, we expect that legislators with less concentrated votes are more likely to run for higher office. From theCambridge English Corpus The legislative median is the position of the party that contains the medianlegislator, assuming all members of the party take the same position. From theCambridge English Corpus In a polity with no parties whatsoever, individual legislators could further the interests of their locality unencumbered by considerations of the 'party's record'. From theCambridge English Corpus Most important, did their institutional behavior reflect direct responsiveness to state legislators, party bosses, business leaders, constituents, or some combination thereof? From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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