First, the vote was for a new member of the House of Lords rather than the Commons, and by an odd procedure that strains even Britain's notoriously elastic constitutional arrangements.
第一，这次选举是选上议院议员而不是下议院议员，而且选举程序怪异的恪守堪称英国臭名昭著的灵活的法制体系。
Cromwell supported the creation of an other house in Parliament, which would consist of 40 to 70 people to be chosen by him and then approved by the Commons - a house of Lords in all but name.
克伦威尔主张国会设立另一议院包括40至70人由他选任并经下议院批准——实质等同上议院不过名衔有别。
What does it matter what happens outside? The House of Commons may do what it likes, and so may the House of Lords.
外面发生什么事又有何妨？下院想干什么就干什么吧，上院也可如此。
In the building there is the house of Commons and the house of lords.
英国议会上院和下院都在这幢大楼里。
The bill goes through these stages first in the House of Commons and then in the House of Lords.
法案首先在下院通过这些阶段，然后在上院重复这些阶段。
Since the medieval age, the Parliament, consisting of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the sovereign, was the core of power and the symbol of the nation.
自中世纪起，国王、上院和下院三位一体的议会就是英国的权力中心和国家象征。
Limited to fifty, the list of members of the club includes prominent members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, as well as other distinguished people.
由于俱乐部的人数局限在50人，所以，它的成员都是上、下议院里的重要人物和其他名人。
Limited to fifty, the list of members of the club includes prominent members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, as well as other distinguished people.
由于俱乐部的人数局限在50人，所以，它的成员都是上、下议院里的重要人物和其他名人。
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