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unicameral

/yoo-ni-kam-er-uhl/US // ˌyu nɪˈkæm ər əl //UK // (ˌjuːnɪˈkæmərəl) //

一院制,一元化,一部份,单一院系

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : consisting of a single chamber, as a legislative assembly.

Examples

  • Although, actually, Nebraska is exactly like Kansas, except it has a unicameral legislature.

  • Nebraska, with its unicameral legislature, would be an exception.

  • Unicameral, ū-ni-kam′e-ral, adj. consisting of but one chamber, of a legislative body.

  • In structure it represents a curious cross between the principles of unicameral and bicameral organization.

  • Paine frankly retracts an old opinion of his own, that the legislature should be unicameral.

  • Character and powers of Congress; congress versus president; experiments with unicameral legislatures.

  • Franklin suggested the adoption of a unicameral legislature, but does not seem to have made any struggle for it.