音标:[bai'kæmərə,lizəm] ;
n. 两院制;两个议院组成的立法机构

Explanation: Making a federal (or national) law in the United States is a complex (or complicated and not simple) process that takes a lot of time. This is good, because it means that the laws cant be easily changed. New laws can be made only when a

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Explanation: In the United States, the word Congress is used to refer to (or talk about) the legislative (or lawmaking) part of American government. Most people know this meaning of the word. But did you know that there is another meaning of the word

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1. bicentennial /ˈbaisenˈtenjəl/ -- two hundredth anniversary The bicentennial of George Washington's birth was celebrated in 1932. 乔治华盛顿200周年生日纪念于1932年举行。 2. semicircle /ˈsemɪˌsɜ:kəl/ -- half of a circle At th

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Lesson 23 Mans Best Friend 人类最好的朋友 Words: beneath prep./adv. 在之下 benefactor n. 行善者,捐助者 beneficial adj. 有益的,有利的 beneficiary n. (礼物、馈赠等的)受益者,(遗产的)受益人 benefit n. 利益,好处;vt. 得意,得到好处 benevolent adj

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President Bush Meets with Bicameral and Bipartisan Members of Congress to Discuss Economy THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank the leaders of the House and the Senate for coming. I appreciate our presidential candidates for being here, as well. We are in

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is What's with those people who talk weird? or regionalisms. Language is constantly changing, and a lot of people have asked me about how and why it happens. This isn't my area of expertise, but I've done a lot of rea

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Egyptian women played a critical role in the revolutionary protests that brought down former president Hosni Mubarak last month. But as Egypt transitions toward a new government, questions are being raised about whether women will gain a stronger rol

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 01 April 2008 Majority Democrats in Congress returned to work from a two-week recess, vowing to focus on the state of the U.S. economy, including the housing mortgage crisis. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill,

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 15 May 2006 The U.S. Senate Monday resumed debate on immigration reform, as President Bush addresses the nation about the issue. US Senate Chamber The Senate bill - unlike

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U.S. lawmakers say time is running out for a congressional super committee to identify $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction during the next 10 years. Partisan disagreements remain on how best to improve Americas fiscal health, despite a softening of ri

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YANGONMyanmar President Thein Sein has congratulated opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy Party (NLD) for their apparent landslide victory in this week's parliamentary elections over the military-backed Union Solid

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Where walls go up, illegal crossings go way, way down. I will get it built, an unwavering president still at odds with an unwavering House Speaker. Theres not going to be any more money in the legislation. So far, no deal has been reached by a bipart

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absorption pipet
Actuarial Analysis
AEPD
aestheticans
aniconist
Aphanurus
arc-suppressing coil
arthrosporous
ashlared,ashlered
autogreets
barberly
be imitative of sb
bodyfur
Bradfordville
breast stoping
brown fume
buttermilk skin
calicoback
cardiac extract
cascade-type voltage transformer
centrifuged juice
chain-drank
China Insurance Company Ltd.
closely held company
clubface
coining press ram
Connection speed
critical evaporator
crystallization remanence
deep percolation
desiccatant
diacetone alcohol
down-turn
draw bench
dropsically
encapsulate
ethyl triazine resin
fall of potential method
financial-managements
fires away
fitting in with
gardaloo
harl
hayt (heite)
impressed leaf
in partibus
incentive-compatible mechanisms
inhibitoryreflex
insert storage key
integrated commodity program
intermutule
internal summary
intrauretera
jacke
Kustallow's tests
ladder of investment
leishmaniasis, leishmanioses
liechtensteiner
luttered
make myself cheap
manurage
Maravovo
mean filling factor
monothiocarbamic acid
move heaver and earth to
non-nets
nonenthusiasts
nouveaux
nuwaubians
on status phrase
Outlook Express
oxysphere
parapetesis
parton distribution function
Pastia lines
PCI (peripheral command indicator)
pentothals
personal morality
pre-frozen
pregnancy complications
propoxyphene hydrochlorides
race-acetylmethadol
random sum peak
ratkings
reduced length of the geodetic line
research-oriented
respiratory column
river snail
shaping technique for light pulse
shoot questions at sb
simmering
Simon's syndrome
sky jacker
special routine
stagnant air
synaesthesias
toolie
TSHR
unviability
venden
virgin queen
water bucket