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The Bureau is cracking down on corruption in state legislatures and judiciaries.

整个体制正在因州立法和司法机关的腐败而坍塌。

——The Good Wife S07E03

legislature ['led??sl?t??]

n. 立法机关

The branch of government responsible for making or changing statutory laws.

例句

The federal government and most states have bicameral legislatures, usually consisting of a house of representatives and a senate.

联邦政府和大多数州都是两院制立法机关，通常包括参众两院。

相关词汇

Legislation [led??s'le??(?)n]

1

n. 立法；立法活动；立法程序。指由专门设立行使此项职能的政府部门，按照某种正式程序，以成文形式创制或制定实在法〔positive law〕的活动。该词亦称lawmaking, statute-making。

2

n. 制定法；法律

3

n.〔总称〕制定法

legislate [?l?d???slet]

1

vi. 立法；制定法律

2

vt. 用立法规定；通过立法

legislative [?l?d???slet?v]

1

n. 立法权；立法机构

2

adj. 立法的；有立法权的

judicial[d?u?d???l]

1

adj. 法院的；司法的；审判的

Of, relating to, or by the court or a judge

2

adj. 法庭上的

In court

3

adj. 法律上的；合法的

Legal

4

adj. 判决上的

Of, relating to, or involving a judgment

executive [?ɡ?z?kj?t?v]

1

adj. 行政的

2

n.行政部门；执行者，行政官员，高级官员；执行权

拓展阅读

The separation of powers, often imprecisely used interchangeably with the trias politica principle（三权分立原则）, is a model for the governance of a state (or who controls the state). The model was first developed in Congress. Under this model, the state is divided into branches, each with separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with the powers associated with the other branches. The typical division of branches is into a legislature, an executive, and a judiciary. It can be contrasted with the fusion of powers in a parliamentary system where the executive and legislature (and sometimes parts of the judiciary) are unified.