legislator

noun
🔊/ˈledʒɪsleɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈledʒɪsleɪtər/
(formal)
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  1. a member of a group of people that has the power to make laws立法委员
    • Seven of the state’s 90 legislators have been indicted.90位州立法委员中有7位遭起诉。
    • When it came to the vote, Democrat legislators split 115:150 against the motion.进行表决时,民主党议员以115:150的比例反对该动议。
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLegislator is used after these nouns:
    • state
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    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin legis lator, literally ‘proposer of a law’, from lex ‘law’ and lator ‘proposer, mover’ (see also legislation).