the upper house

On March 27 th the upper-house Senate voted to keep paying for Italian troops abroad.

3月27日,上议院投票决定继续支付意大利驻外军队的费用.

The House of Lords is the Upper House of the British Parliament.

贵族院就是英国议会的上院.

A censure motion adopted by the upper house has no legally binding force.

而由上议院采纳的不信任提议并不具有法律约束力。

If it loses , the government would surrender its majority in the upper-house, the Bundesrat.

“黑黄”联盟将面临再次选举的局面.

The Upper House is usually the smaller branch of a bicameral legislature.

上议院通常是两院制议会中较小的一个.

a loss in north rhine-westphalia would demoralise the new government and erase its majority in the bundesrat, the upper house.

北威州若失利，新政府会士气大跌，也会抹消其在上议院联邦参议院占多数的席位优势。

It was the first non-confidence motion in the upper house since Japan's current pacifist Constitution took effect in1947.

自从日本现行反战宪法1947年生效以来，这是日本第一个由上议院通过的不信任案。

The apartment house where John lives is five stories high and he lives in one of the upper storeys.

约翰住的公寓是五层楼,他住在楼上.

Mr Abe may be tempted to play safe until the upper house election in July, which will give him the opportunity to consolidate his power.

安倍晋三可能倾向于将求稳策略一直维持到明年7月的参议院选举，届时他将有机会巩固势力。

The decision was announced after objections were raised in the Upper House of Parliament.

该决议是在上议院提出反对意见后宣布的。

The next election to the House of Councillors ( the upper house ) is due in mid-2010.

下一届参议院 ( 上议院 ) 的选举定于2010年 中期.

The Upper House appointed a committee to examine a bill which the Assembly had already passed.

上院议员指派一个委员会审查议会已通过的议案.

Pinochet is now in London, awaiting the Upper House's decision on his extradition.

目前皮诺切特正在伦敦, 等候上议院就是否引渡他作出决定.

Then, on July 11 th , come mid-term elections for the upper house.

随后即将迎来7月11日参议院的 中期 选举.

in australia the 507, 600 people of tasmania have the same weight in the upper house as the 7m who live in new south wales.

在澳大利亚，塔斯马尼亚的507,600人在上院拥有和新南威尔士7百万人相同的权重。

This is important as legislation created in the lower house can get stomped up and die in the upper house.

这一点很重要，因为上院可以阻止、否决下院提出的法案。

the upper/lower storey of the house

房子的上面 / 下面一层

Plans for reforming the upper house are-like plans for AV-Liberal Democrat ambitions, and are the personal responsibility of Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader and deputy prime minister.

改革上议院的计划——如采用AV——是自民党的宏愿，也是自民党领袖及副首相尼克？？克莱格（Nick Clegg）的个人责任。

The DPJ already holds the upper house.

民主党已经控制了上议院.

He was nominated to the Upper House.

他被任命为上议院议员.

However, like the upper house, where the smallest rooms are 68 square metres, the expansively large rooms and Chinese art in the halls left a deeper impression.

然而，就像奕居最小的房间也有68平米一样，宽敞的房间和大厅中摆放的中国艺术品让人感觉空间深邃。

And the courts cannot disband the Upper House of Egypt's Parliament.

法院无权解散埃及议会上议院。

The Upper House of the German parliament is to meet today in Berlin.

德国的上议院今天将在柏林开会。

mr ozawa has said that the upper house will vote down any extension of operations not countenanced by the united nations.

小泽表示，上议院对于任何未得到联合国赞同的延长议案都会投票否决。

The Senate is the upper house.

参议院是比较高级的议院.

He is a member of the upper house of legislature.

他是上议院的成员之一.