lawmaker

名词 lawmaker:

1. a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws
   同义词：lawgiver

1. Increasingly alarmed by high-speed pursuits that are killing hundreds of people every year, police departments around the country, as well as state and Federal lawmakers, are clamping down on the wild, Hollywood-style chases ...
   每年有数百人死于高速[警匪]追逐，情况越来越令人警惕。全国各地警察单位，各州以及联邦立法机关，正在限制疯狂的好莱坞式的追逐 ... 。

law.mak.er

n.（名词）
One who makes or enacts laws; a legislator.Also called lawgiver
立法者：制定或颁布法律的人；立法者也作 lawgiver

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law.mak.ing
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