c. 1600, from Latin legis lator "proposer of a law," from legis, genitive of lex "law" + lator "proposer," agent noun of latus "borne, brought, carried" (see oblate (n.)), used as past tense of ferre "to carry" (see infer). Fem. form legislatrix is from 1670s.
雙語例句
1. As a result, legislator employ various procedual devices to handle knotty problems.
結果, 議員們便采取種種程序性的手法來對付棘手的問題.
來自辭典例句
2. Logically, at what point do the just powers of the legislator stop?