A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
议会
Parliament
We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
我们都知道议会是什么，我们都为它感到羞耻。
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.
议会就是由多少闲散的人组成的一个大会议。
I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway.
我很高兴得知议会通过了达灵顿铁路的议案。
No expense has been incurred but what has been approved of and provided for by Parliament.
除了议会批准和提供的费用外，没有发生任何费用。
It is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed.
令人深感遗憾的是，召集议会的决心被拖延了这么久。
Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.
议会不能被告知一个直接的谎言，但很有可能让他们误导自己。
I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.
我理解开支危机对议会造成的损害，以及恢复人们对我们政治的信任的极端重要性。
A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.
一位对我们的制度持严厉但并非不友好批评态度的人士表示，要想欣赏上院，唯一的办法就是去看看它。
An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.
一个有影响力的国会议员不仅要花很多钱才能成为这样的人，而且要付出时间和精力，他还必须牺牲自己的思想——至少在思想的所有特点中，最原始和最属于他自己的部分。