• n. 議會，國會

來自古法語parler,說話，詞源同parley,parlor.引申詞義說話的地方，后用于指議會，國會。

parliament

parliament: [13] The French verb parler ‘talk’ has made a small but significant contribution to English. Amongst its legacies are parlance [16], parley [16], parlour [13] (etymologically a ‘room set aside for conversation’), and parliament itself. This came from the Old French derivative parlement, which originally meant ‘talk, consultation, conference’, but soon passed to ‘formal consultative body’, and hence to ‘legislative body’. French parler was a descendant of medieval Latin parabolāre ‘talk’, which was derived from the Latin noun parabola (source of English parable, parabola, and parole).
=> ballistic, parable, parlour

parliament (n.)

c. 1300, "consultation; formal conference, assembly," from Old French parlement (11c.), originally "a speaking, talk," from parler "to speak" (see parley (n.)); spelling altered c. 1400 to conform with Medieval Latin parliamentum.

Anglo-Latin parliamentum is attested from early 13c. Specific sense "representative assembly of England or Ireland" emerged by mid-14c. from general meaning "a conference of the secular and/or ecclesiastical aristocracy summoned by a monarch."

1. The Estonian parliament has passed a resolution declaring the republic fully independent.

愛沙尼亞議會已經通過了宣布共和國完全獨立的決議。

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2. He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.

他說議會和民主程序已遭貶值。

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3. Politicians say it could lead to a dissolution of parliament.

政客們說這可能會導致議會解散。

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4. A point of order was raised in parliament by Mr Ben Morris.

本·莫里斯先生在議會就程序問題提出質詢。

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5. The European Parliament badly needs a president who can burnish its image.

歐洲議會急需一位能改善其聲望的主席。

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