| 单词 | 众议院 |
| 释义 | 〔haywire〕It may seem oddthat the wordhaywire should have come to describe something or someone that is not functioning properly. Haywire originally was in fact simply a compound of the words hay and wire, denoting wire used to bale things such as hay or straw.The term is first recorded as a noun in a debate that occurred in the Canadian House of Commons (1917);hence it is a Canadianism, or since it soon thereafter appeared in a United States publication, a North Americanism.We find an earlier (1905) attributive use,however, in the phrasehay wire outfit, a term used contemptuously for poorly equipped loggers. What lies behind this term is the practice of making repairs with haywire.Haywire is found in other contexts with the general sense "makeshift, inefficient,” from which comes the extended senses "not functioning properly" and "crazy.”看起来或许很奇怪，haywire 一词竟可以用来形容某物或某人不能正常运转。 事实上，haywire 是由 hay 和 wire 两个词组成的一个简单复合词， 指用来捆绑诸如干草或麦秆的铁丝，这个词在1917年加拿大众议院的一次辩论中第一次以一个名词的形式被记录下来，因此这是一个加拿大俗语或者说是北美俗词，因此这词很快就出现在美国出版物中。我们可以找到一个更早的（1905年）形容性用法，词组hay wire outfit, 是对装备不足的伐木工人的鄙称。 这个词的内涵是指准备用铁丝捆干草的工作。在其它语境中，haywire 被用来表示“临时的，效率低的”这种笼统的意思， 由此扩展出“不能正常工作的”以及“疯狂的”这些意义〔delegate〕A member of a House of Delegates, the lower house of the Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia legislature.州议院议员：马里兰州、弗吉尼亚州和西弗吉尼亚州三州国会议员中的众议院议员〔Pym〕English Parliamentarian who moved for the impeachment of the advisers to Charles I. The king's effort to arrest Pym in the House of Commons (1642) precipitated the English Civil War.皮姆，约翰：(1584-1643) 英国国会议员，他曾呼吁顾问们对查理一世进行弹劾。国王在众议院中逮捕皮姆的努力(1642年）加速了英国内战的爆发〔Burr〕American politician who became Vice President of the United States (1801-1805) under Thomas Jefferson after a deadlock in the electoral college was broken by the House of Representatives. On July 11, 1804, Burr mortally wounded his rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and later fled south where he was involved in a mysterious conspiracy to establish an independent nation in Mexico and the Southwest. Tried for treason, he was acquitted for lack of evidence.伯尔，艾伦：(1756-1836) 美国政治家。在选举团形成的僵局被众议院击垮之后做了托马斯·杰斐逊的副手而成为美国副总统(1801-1805年）。1804年7月11日，伯尔在一次决斗中使对手亚历山大·汉密尔顿受到致命创伤，后来他逃到南部，在那里卷入了一个要在墨西哥和西南地区建立独立政府的秘密阴谋集团。他因叛国罪而受审，由于证据不足而无罪释放〔Rayburn〕American politician. A U.S. representative from Texas (1913-1961), he served as Speaker of the House (17 terms between 1940 and 1961) and was a major advocate of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.雷伯恩，塞缪尔·塔连费罗：(1882-1961) 美国政治家。1913至1961年一直是从得克萨斯州选出的众议院议员，1940至1961年是众议院议长，任了十七届。他是富兰克林·D·罗斯福总统新经济政策的坚决支持者〔representative〕A member of the U.S. House of Representatives or of the lower house of a state legislature.众议院议员（州下院议员）：美国众议院或州议会下院的一个成员〔reapportionment〕Redistribution of representation in a legislative body, especially the periodic reallotment of U.S. congressional seats according to changes in the census figures as required by the Constitution.重新分配议席：对某立法机关的代表名额进行重新分配，尤指在美国，按宪法规定，每过一定时期就得根据人口调查数据对众议院的席位进行重新分配〔gangway〕The aisle that divides the front and rear seating sections of the House of Commons.通道：在英国众议院中把前面席位和后面席位分开的过道〔HUAC〕House Un-American Activities Committee.众议院非美活动调查委员会〔Wilmot〕American politician. A U.S. representative (1845-1851) and senator (1861-1863) from Pennsylvania, he introduced (1846) a proviso to prohibit slavery in territories acquired during the Mexican War (1846-1848).威尔莫特，戴维：(1814-1868) 美国政治家、众议院议员(1845-1851年）和宾夕法尼亚州的参议员(1861-1863年）。他提出了在墨西哥战争(1846-1848年）中获得的领土内禁止奴隶制的限制性条款(1846年）〔delegate〕An elected or appointed representative of a U.S. territory in the House of Representatives who is entitled to speak but not vote.准州列席代表：被选出或任命的美国准州在众议院中的代表，被授予演说权，但不能投票选举〔Bayard〕American politician. As a U.S. representative from Delaware he played a crucial role in the disputed presidential election of 1800 and secured the choice of Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr in the House of Representatives. His grandsonThomas Francis Bayard (1828-1898) was the first to hold the rank of ambassador to Great Britain (1893-1897). 贝亚德，詹姆斯·阿瑟顿：(1767-1815) 美国的政治家。美国特拉华州众议员，他在1800年激烈的总统选举中为托马斯·杰斐逊助选，并产生了决定性的作用，确保了杰斐逊战胜众议院的艾伦·布尔。而他的孙子托马斯·弗朗西斯·贝亚德 （1828-1898年）成为第一个获任驻大英帝国的大使（1893-1897年） 〔Reed〕American politician. A U.S. representative from Maine (1877-1899), he twice served as Speaker of the House (1889-1891 and 1895-1899).里德，托马斯·布雷克特：(1839-1902) 美国政治家，作为来自缅因州的众议员(1877-1899年） ， 他两次出任众议院议长(1889-1891和1895-1899年）〔speaker〕Often Speaker The presiding officer of a legislative assembly. 常作 Speaker 众议院议长：立法代表会议的主持官员〔Smalls〕American Union soldier and politician. After being forced to serve in the Confederate Navy, he took command of a ship and delivered it to Union forces. Smalls subsequently became a captain (1863-1866) and the highest-ranking Black officer in the Union Navy. He later served as a U.S. representative from South Carolina (1875-1879 and 1881-1887).斯默思，罗伯特：(1839-1915) 美国北方联邦战士和政治家。在被迫参加南方邦联海军后，指挥了一条船并把它交给北方联邦军队。斯默思后来成为一名上尉(1863-1866年）和北方联邦海军中职位最高的黑人军官。他后来成为南卡罗来纳州的代表进入众议院(1875-1879和1881-1887年）〔Trumbo〕American screenwriter who was blacklisted and imprisoned for his refusal to participate in the anti-Communist investigations of the House Un-American Activities Committee. His screenplays includeSpartacus (1960) and The Fixer (1968). 特朗博，多尔顿：(1905-1976) 美国电影剧本作家，因其拒绝参与众议院非美活动调查委员会的反共调查而被列入黑名单并监禁。他的电影剧本包括《斯巴达克斯》 （1960年）和 《调查者》 （1968年） 〔Chambers〕American journalist and onetime member of the Communist Party who testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (1948), where he implicated Alger Hiss.钱伯斯，（杰·戴维）惠特克：(1901-1961) 美国新闻记者，曾为共产党员，1948年在众议院非美国活动委员会承认牵连到阿尔杰·希思〔silent〕"At the Council board he was taciturn; and in the House of Lords he never opened his lips" (Macaulay).“在众议院他沉默寡言；在参议院中他从不开口”： （麦考莱）。〔Bankhead〕American politician. A U.S. representative from Alabama, he was speaker of the House from 1936 to 1940.班克海德，威廉·布罗克曼：(1874-1940) 美国政治家，阿拉巴马州众议员。1936至1940间为众议院议长〔congress〕The two-year session of this legislature between elections of the House of Representatives.国会会期：众议院代表选举期间的两年会期〔Gingrich〕American politician. A U.S. representative from Georgia first elected in 1979, he served as Speaker of the House from 1994 to 1999, when he resigned from Congress.琴瑞克，钮顿·里罗依：美国政治家。1979年首次推选的美国乔治亚州美国议员，从国会卸任后自1994年至1999年他担任众议院议长〔termer〕a second termer in the House of Representatives.众议院里的第二期任者〔congress〕The national legislative body of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.国会：美国的立法机构，包括参议院和众议院〔Crawford〕American public official who held numerous governmental posts and was one of four candidates for President in the election decided by the House of Representatives (1824).克劳福德，威廉·哈里斯：(1772-1834) 美国政府官员，曾历任政府官职，在众议院决定性的选举中成为四个总统候选人之一(1824年）〔malign〕"a libel tending to asperse or vilify the house of Commons" (Letters of Junius).“倾向于诋毁、中伤众议院的诽谤言论” （米尼厄斯的信件）。〔pass〕The bill passed the House of Representatives.这项议案被众议院通过了〔Rankin〕American reformer and politician. A leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana, her home state, she later was the first woman U.S. representative (1917-1919 and 1941-1943) and the only legislator to oppose U.S. involvement in both World Wars.兰金，杰尼特：(1880-1973) 美国改革家和政治家，在其家乡蒙大纳州是该地争权妇女选举权运动的代表，后来成为美国第一位女众议院院员(1917-1919和1941-1943年）和唯一对两次美国参加世界大战投反对票的议员 |
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