House of Representatives
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌHouse of Repreˈsentatives noun the House of Representatives the larger of the two parts of the US Congress or of the parliament of Australia or New Zealand 〔美国、澳大利亚、新西兰国会中的〕众议院 → Senate
Examples from the Corpus
House of Representatives• With Republicans controlling the House of Representatives by only a few seats, both sides have pushed hard for their preferred figures.• I was sitting there and there was Sonny Bono in the House of Representatives voting.• California already has the largest congressional delegation with 52 members in the House of Representatives.• In the House of Representatives last week, Rep.• And the 136 members of the House of Representatives from those four states amount to about a third of the membership.• He filed a complaint with the House of Representatives seeking to overturn the election result.• The House of Representatives passed the indictment against Mr Estrada, on charges of corruption, in eight minutes.From Longman Business DictionaryHouse of RepresentativesˌHouse of Repreˈsentatives noun the larger of the two parts of the US Congress or of the parliament of Australia or New ZealandThe measure requires approval by the Senate before it can go to the House of Representatives. → compare SenateˌHouse of Repreˈsentatives nounChineseSyllable
parts Corpus larger US Business of the the of the two
House of Representatives
ˌHouse of Repreˈsentatives
noun
the House of Representatives the larger of the two parts of the US Congress or of the parliament of Australia or New Zealand ⇨ Senate
ˌHouse of Repreˈsentatives
nounthe House of Representatives the larger of the two parts of the US Congress or of the parliament of Australia or New Zealand ⇨ Senate