- 1n/ˌledʒɪˈsleɪʃən/法律／立法
A law, or a set of laws, that a government makes.
「legislation」指政府正式通過的「法律」或「一整套法律」，是比 law 更正式、書面的說法，常出現在新聞和官方文件裡。它是不可數名詞：要數的時候說 a piece of legislation（一項法律），不能說 a legislation。
示範例句 · Example
The government passed new legislation to protect the ocean.
中文翻譯政府通過了新的立法來保護海洋。
常見搭配
a piece of legislation
一項法律
one particular law
This is an important piece of legislation for wildlife.
new legislation
新法律
a recently made law
New legislation will make recycling easier for families.
legislation on something
關於某事的法律
a law about a particular subject
The country has strong legislation on clean water.
introduce/bring in legislation
推出、引進法律
to start a new law
They plan to introduce legislation to reduce plastic waste.
意思相近
core核心畫面
From the word’s history
Borrowed from Late Latin lēgislātiō 'the giving of the law'.
借自晚期拉丁文 lēgislātiō「立法」。
One way to hold it: law as a body of written rules a government has passed. Not one clause and not the courts — the whole block of text that now applies to everybody, and the act of putting it in place.
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意思相近
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
legislationnoun/ˌlɛd͡ʒɪˈsleɪʃən/
- 1
The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws.
- pass legislation
- There is a lack of legislation about human cloning.
- 2
A law which has been enacted by legislature or other governing body.
- The general rule is that constitutional provisions are self-executing, except when the provisions themselves expressly require legislations to implement them […]
- Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday banning the sale at grocery checkouts of all plastic bags, regardless of thickness.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。