upper house

The upper house rejected the budget plan, so the government had to revise it.

上议院否决了预算案，因此政府不得不进行修改。

In many democracies, the upper house is smaller than the lower house and has fewer members.

在许多民主国家，上议院比下议院规模更小，议员人数也更少。

Some upper houses are made up of appointed members rather than elected politicians.

有些上议院由任命产生的成员组成，而不是由选举产生的政治家组成。