下议院

On their acceptance of the Bill of Rights in 1689, William and Mary were crowned jointly in Westminster Abbey.

后来，威廉和玛丽共同接受"权利法案"，该法案规定任何天主教徒不能继承英国王位，确认了议会至上的原则，保证上、下议院内言论自由。

The story goes that during a debate in the Commons on what to call the bell, Sir Benjamin was about to give his ideas when a backbencher shouted,'Let's call it Big Ben.

据说，下议院为给这只钟命名曾争论不休，本杰明正准备陈述自己的观点，后座的一位议员大声叫道："就叫它大本吧。"

" Former Labour minister Frank Field and senior Tory backbencher Nicholas Soames, co-chairmen of the Commons Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, said:"We are on course for an unsustainable and unacceptable rise in population.

"前劳工部长弗兰克场和高级保守党后座议员尼古拉斯索姆斯，共同下议院跨党组均衡移民主席说："我们当然有一不可持续的和不可接受的人口增长。

Tom a s C a p a nd Mich a l Kr a us h a ve displ a yed the portr a its of 200 lower-house deputies in pl a stic boxes on the w a ll of a Pr a gue a ltern a tive g a llery, in front of a n a ir gun a nd a boxful of a mmunition.

卡普与克劳斯把200张下议院议员的肖像，展示于装置在布拉格另类美术馆墙面的塑胶盒上，而前方则是一把空气枪与一箱弹药。

By contrast, Mr Bercow's power to reform does not extend much beyond overseeing the Commons fees office, standing up for backbenchers and the opposition in debates, and using the speaker's chair as a bully pulpit.

相比之下，Mr Bercow的权力仅仅局限在管理下议院经费办公室，在辩论中支持后座议员和反对的权力，将议长的位子用作暴徒的讲坛。

In Germany the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, and

例如，在德国，下议院Bundestag与上议院Bundesrat是可以起诉国家元首违反国家基本法或者联邦法律之国家叛乱罪或者危害国家安全罪而加以定罪的。

The Chamber of Deputies, where the government has a bigger majority, was due to start debating the funding on February 26th; it must go to the Senate by mid-March.

在政府拥有大多数的下议院，一个关于资金支持的讨论将于2月26日进行；并必将在三月中旬进入上议院。

On 30 June 1878, an official feast was held in Paris to honour the Republic (the event was immortalised in a painting by Claude Monet). On the 14th of July 1879, another feast took place, this time only semi-official - the events of the day included a military review in Longchamp, a reception in the Chamber of Deputies and a Republican Feast.

1878年6月30日，巴黎曾举行了一次官方性的节庆活动来纪念共和国诞辰（这一活动被克劳德·莫奈载入画卷，成为永恒）。1879年7月14日，又举行了另一次节庆活动，而这一次只是半官方性的——当天的活动包括在隆尚举行的阅兵式、下议院招待会以及庆祝共和的宴会。

That Jill Pay and the speaker of the house, Michael Martin, were remiss not to think of this themselves goes without saying. On December 3rd, holding his statement with shaking hands, Mr Martin assured the House of Commons that it would not happen again.

那位御用状师Jill Pay以及下议院议长Michael Martin当时没有意识到这一点反而认为搜查理所当然。12月3日，Martin先生拿着声明稿与下议院握手言和并且保证这一事件不会再次重演。

The MPs and senators have several opportunities to debate each new bill in the House of Commons and the Senate . Then the MPs and senates vote on the bill .

下议院议员和参议院议员在下议院和参议院中对每个新的议案进行辩论，然后由下议院议员和参议院议员对议案进行投票。

I am sure after a few weeks of adaptation and familiarization I will have no difficulty in functioning on a daily basis in an English speaking society or in participating fully in graduate studies.

在大学的三年的学习生活不仅给予我自身的充实，更重要的是磨练和培养了我较强的自觉能力和严谨，踏实的作风以及不怕困难的精神，对未来充满了信心！

As the first volcanoes erupted, one of the gases that bellowed out was steam.

在第一批火山喷发时，喷出的气体之一就是水蒸汽。