| Chinese | English |
| 上议院 | Upper House The body of a bicameral legislature comprising either representatives of member states in a federation or a select number of individuals from certain privileged estates or social classes (一个两院制立法机关，包括在一个联邦中会员国代表或从某些特权阶层或社会阶层选出的一定数量的个人。) |
| 众议院 | Lower House The body of a bicameral legislature composed of representatives elected by the general populace and organized into electorates or districts, each comprising an equal number of citizens (由一般民众所选出的代表而组成的两院制立法机构，其按照全体选民或地区组织，每个地区包含相等人数的居民。) |
| 公民动议中心 | citizen initiative |
| 决议 | order 1. A direction or command of a court. In this sense it is often used synonymously with judgment. 2. The document bearing the seal of the court recording its judgment in a case (1. 指示或法院命令。在这个意义上，它经常被用作判决的同义词。2.印有法院印章记录案件判决的文件。) |
| 欧洲北海环境会议 | Environment Northern Seas |
| 区域环境管理会议 | Regional Environmental Management Conference |
| 协议 | protocol 1. The original draft of a document. 2. An international agreement of a less formal nature than a treaty. It is often used to amend treaties (1. 原始文件草案。2.非正式条约性质的国际协议。它经常被用来修改条约。) |
| 协议法律, 根据两个已给建议达成的一致。.在法律上,指双方或多方之间就他们之间的权利和义务、过去或未来的事实或行为达成一致的认知和期望。两人或多人之间就转让某种财产、权利、利益的一种承诺，并签订相互遵守的法律责任。 | agreement The coming together in accord of two minds on a given proposition. In law, a concord of understanding and intention between two or more parties with respect to the effect upon their relative rights and duties, of certain past or future facts or performances. The consent of two or more persons concerning respecting the transmission of some property, right, or benefits, with the view of contracting an obligation, a mutual obligation; legal |
| 国际废油回收和重新利用会议 | International Conference on Waste Oil Recovery and Reuse |
| 国际海洋污染会议 | International Conference on Marine Pollution |
| 国际海洋环境工程会议 | International Conference on Engineering in the Ocean Environment |
| 国际溢油会议 | International Oil Spill Conference |
| 国际石油泄漏会议和展览 | International Oil Spill Conference & Exhibition |
| 多边协议 | multilateral agreement Multilateralism stands for a long-held but rarely achieved ideal, namely the voluntary co-operation of nations for peace and development. Multilateral initiatives are undermined or diluted by ultra-nationalist, bilateral and regional initiatives. Multilateralism may be undercut by the uncoordinated decisions of those contributing to it. Multilateralism constitutes the democracy of international society. An enlightened multilateralism enhances the specific interests of states while advancing their common cause (多边主义代表长期坚守但很少达到的理想，即以和平与发展为目的国家间的自愿合作。多边运动受到极端民族主义、双边和地区主义的破坏或削弱。多边主义可以由它参与方做出的不对等的决定而受到削弱。多边主义构成了国际社会的民主。一个开明的多边主义在促进他们的共同事业发展的同时也加强各国的具体利益。) |
| 异议 | objection The act of a party who objects to some matter or proceeding in the course of a trial or an argument or reason urged by him in support of his contention that the matter or proceeding objected to is improper or illegal (一方当事人强烈要求支持他的论点以反对某些事项或审讯过程的诉讼程序或论据或理由的行为，反对的问题或诉讼程序是不正当的或非法的。) |
| 欧洲议会 | European Parliament Formerly the "Assembly" of EEC. Comprises some 520 "representatives of the peoples" of European Community states, directly elected, and based in Strasbourg. Exercises advisory and supervisory powers; debates and passes resolutions and may veto admission of new member states (前身欧洲经济共同体会议。由大约520名欧洲共同体成员国的"人民代表"组成，他们直接选举产生，总部在斯特拉斯堡。履行咨询和监督的权力；辩论和通过的各项决议，并可能否决接纳新会员国。) |
| 正式决议法令, 正式公布的通过投票产生的官方的或者是公众集体的意见。是一个有立法权的决议。 | resolution A formal expression of the opinion of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote, as a legislative resolution; act |
| 海洋污染责任协议由一些大石油公司签署于1974年 | Offshore Pollution Liability Agreement |
| 环境保护建议 | environmental protection advice Consultations or recommendations given as a guide of action regarding the preservation of ecological integrity and the defense or shelter of natural resources (对于健全生态系统与保护自然资源的行动方针所给予的咨询与建议。) |
| 环境经济议题 | environmental economy issue A matter of public importance involving both a community's or a country's management of financial resources and its protection of natural resources (指有关于一个国家或社会的财政资源管理或自然资源保护的重要公共事务。) |
| 美国政府工业卫生学家会议 | American Conference on Government Industrial Hygienists |
| 联合国人类环境会议 | United Nations Human Environment Conference |
| 联合国人类环境会议 | United Nations Conference on the Human Environment |
| 联合国资源保护和利用科学会议 | United Nations Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization of Resources |
| 议会 | Parliament An assembly of elected representatives, typically controlled by a political party and constituting the legislative and, in some cases, the executive power of a state (当选代表的集合，典型的做法是通过政党立法来实现对政权的控制，并且在某些情况下，获得执行权。) |
| 议会报告 | parliamentary report A written account describing in detail observations or the results of an inquiry into an event or situation and presented to an official, deliberative body with legislative powers (详细地描述了观查结果、事件或情况的调查，并提交给官方的、政治协商会议或立法机构。) |
| 议会辩论 | parliamentary debate Formal discussion or dispute on a particular matter among the members of the parliament (议会成员之间的正式讨论和争论。) |
