Upper House

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌUpper ˈHouse noun [countable usually singular]  PPa group of representatives in a country’s parliament, that is smaller and less powerful than the country’s Lower House, for example the British House of Lords 上议院

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Upper House• An upper house representing regional leaders is to be created two years after independence.• Although the upper house may reject it again, the Government can now invoke the Parliament Act to force the measure through.• Any proposal will be in trouble if it has to be approved by the upper house of parliament as well as the lower house.• And throughout they dominated the State Council, the upper house endowed with effective veto powers over Duma proposals.• Pinochet and who hold the swing vote in the upper house.• Yet both have two votes in the upper house.• They successfully tied up the upper house in endless debate.

ˌUpper ˈHouse nounChineseSyllable  

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Upper House
ˌUpper ˈHouse noun [countable usually singular]
a group of representatives in a country’s parliament, that is smaller and less powerful than the country’s Lower House, for example the British House of Lords

upper houseBrE /ˌʌpə ˈhaʊs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌpər ˈhaʊs/ 🔊 (also ˌupper ˈchamber) (also ˌsecond ˈchamber especially in BrE ) noun [singular] one of the parts of a parliament in countries which have a parliament that is divided into two parts. In Britain it is the House of Lords and in the US it is the Senate. 上议院；（英国）贵族院；（美国）参议院  ➡  compare lower house