A lawmaker is a person whose job is to make the laws — usually someone people voted for, who sits in a parliament, a congress, or (in Taiwan) the Legislative Yuan. News English likes this word because it covers many titles at once: senator, MP, legislator. In daily talk you more often name the real job.

A lawmakerlawmaker is a person whose job is to make the laws是指工作是制定法律的人 usually someone people voted for通常是被選出來的人 who sits in a parliament, a congress, or (in Taiwan) the Legislative Yuan會坐在國會、議會，或（在台灣）立法院裡 News English likes this word because it covers many titles at once新聞英文喜歡用這個字，因為它可以一次涵蓋很多頭銜 senator, MP, legislatorsenator（參議員）、MP（國會議員）、legislator（立法委員） In daily talk you more often name the real job在日常對話裡，你比較常直接說出那個真正的職稱

Though actually, not every person people vote for is a lawmaker: a mayor mostly runs a city; a president may sign laws but does not always write them. “Lawmaker” points at the writing-and-voting part, not at the police and not at a lawyer who argues in court. It is a newspaper word more than a playground word, and it is not slang.

Though actually不過其實 not every person people vote for is a lawmaker不是每個被選出來的人都是lawmaker a mayor mostly runs a city市長主要是在管理一座城市 a president may sign laws but does not always write them總統可能會簽署法律，但不一定是自己寫的 “Lawmaker” points at the writing-and-voting part「Lawmaker」指的是寫法律和投票這部分 not at the police and not at a lawyer who argues in court不是指警察，也不是指在法庭上辯論的律師 It is a newspaper word more than a playground word這是一個報紙用的字，比較不是操場上會說的字 and it is not slang而且不是俚語