upper house
剑桥词典
- one of the two parts that some parliaments are divided into
（英國）上議院；（美國）蓡議院
In the UK, the upper house is the House of Lords. 在英國，上議院又稱貴族院。
The upper house of the US Congress is the Senate. 美國議會的“上院”是蓡議院。
比較
lower house 返回 upper house