Word · Frequency #12369
legislators
立法者；立法机关成员
legislators is the plural of legislator.
核心释义
Someone who creates or enacts laws.
- 1.
制定或颁布法律的人。
Someone who creates or enacts laws.
制定或颁布法律的人。；立法者；立法官；立法委员；[法] 立法者；立法机关成员
用法In use
A citizen wrote a letter to her legislator expressing concern about the new education bill.
用法提示：此处“legislator”作名词，指制定法律的议员或立法者。
The legislator proposed a law to improve public transportation in the city.
用法提示：“legislator”指提出法案的立法机构成员。
Many legislators from both parties worked together to pass the environmental protection act.
用法提示：“legislators”是“legislator”的复数形式，指多位立法者。
a legislator
legislator 为可数名词；指单个立法者时，单数前要加 a/an。
She became a legislator in 2010.
她于2010年成为立法者。
legislators
复数形式 legislators 泛指立法者群体，作主语时谓语用复数。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- state legislators
- 州议员
- State legislators debated the new education bill.州议员们就新的教育法案进行了辩论。
- elected legislators
- 民选议员
- The elected legislators represent their districts.民选议员代表各自的选区。
- legislator introduced a bill
- 立法者提出法案
- The legislator introduced a bill to improve public health.这位立法者提出了一项改善公共卫生的法案。
- legislators voted against
- 立法者投票反对
- Several legislators voted against the tax increase.几位立法者投票反对增税。
- serve as a legislator
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：legislator 意为“立法者”；想象议会会场里，一位议员举起手通过新法案——他就是 legislator。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reporting、legal texts、political discussion 该词为中性正式用词，通常用于新闻报道、法律文书或政治讨论等较正式语境，指制定或通过法律的人。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end in the spelling pattern '-ator' and the sound /eɪtər/ (General American), so their final syllable matches 'legislator' (/ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪtər/). Note that lookalikes 'legislature' (/ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪtʃər/) and 'legislate' (/ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪt/) have different endings and do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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