second a motion，support a proposal ；

[例句] 这个点子听起来不赖. 我附议. Howard : It'sounds like a good idea. I second the motion.

[例句] 该项提议是由张先生提出,魏先生附议. The motion was proposed by Mr. Chang and seconded by Mr. Wei.

legislative assembly，parliament，congress，chamber，house ；

[例句] 议院的意见又产生了分歧, 该法案以11票获得通过. The House again divided, and the bill was passed by 11 votes.

[例句] 他对议院法和下议院的传统惯例都非常熟悉. He has parliamentary procedure and the rules and traditions of the House of Commons at his fingertips.

make a suggestion；

[例句] 她不喜欢别人给她提建议。 She did not take kindly to being offered advice.

[例句] 我们给他提建议的时候，他坐在那儿听着。 He sat there listening as we put suggestions to him.

[法] floor ；

[例句] 议员席上不断有人在嘲讽和打岔. There was constant jeering and interruption from the floor.

[例句] 他辞去了内政大臣的职务，回到后座议员席。 He resigned as Home Secretary and returned to the back benches.

congressional，parliamentary，parliamentarian ；

[例句] 即使在最好情况下，英国议会的程序也很费解。 British Parliamentary procedure is perplexing at the best of times.

[例句] 历史学家把他誉为议会的捍卫者。 Historians built him up as the champion of parliament.

dissent ；

[例句] 持异议之见未免不近情理. It would be perverse to take a different view.

[例句] 那年头不容许对宗教信仰持异议. In those days , religious dissent was not tolerated.

[法] journal ；

[例句] 下议院的书记官整理了下议院的议事录. The Clerk of the House prepares the journals of the House.

[例句] 我坚持要把我的看法记入议事录. I insisted that my observation be minuted.

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[例句] 当议长走进议事厅的时候，前面由执议长权标的人开路。 The Speaker is preceded by the mace-bearer upon his entry to the chamber.

[例句] 他把贝拿勒斯城所有的大人物都召到皇家议事厅. So he called all the leading citizens of Benares to the royal assembly hall.

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[例句] 鲍勃·多尔似乎对提议的这项行动不太感兴趣。 Bob Dole seemed less than enthusiastic about the proposed move.

[例句] 对提议半推半就,举棋不定. He boggled at accepting the offer.

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[例句] 两国曾签订了联合发射人造卫星的协议。 The two countries signed an agreement to jointly launch satellites.

[例句] 他们签署了一份保守机密的协议。 They signed a confidentiality agreement.

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[例句] 退役将军和后座议员的智慧结合在一起。 The wisdom of the retired generals and backbench MPs conjoins.

[例句] 这一问题引发了后座议员的不满。 This issue is creating unrest on the backbenches.

collogue ；

[例句] 公司董事会正在密议这次并购事宜. The directors of the company are secretly discussing matters concerning the merger and acquisition.

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intermittent vertical chambers 缩写为 ivc ；

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