词汇 | parliament |
词源 | Parliament. The British Parliament, where so many debates are heard, takes its name from the French parler, “to talk.” In fact, the word came into Middle English as parlement. A Parle- ment under the old régime in France was the sovereign court of justice, a kind of Supreme Court that had some administrative powers. |
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