230927 历史性突破！印度女性努力27年终获33%议会席位
▍原文
India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves one-third of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending a 27-year impasse over the bill amid a lack of consensus among political parties.
But the wait is still not over, as the new law will be implemented in the 2029 national elections.
▍语言点
- India’s Parliament 印度国会(印度最高立法机关)
- landmark /ˈlændmɑːrk/ n.里程碑；地标，标志性建筑 · a landmark in sth. 某事的里程碑 · a landmark case 具有重大意义的案例 · a landmark ruling 具有里程碑意义的裁决 · landmark legislation 里程碑式的法案
- legislation /ˌledʒəˈsleɪʃ(ə)n/ n.法律，法规 · a piece of legislation 一条法规 · approve legislation 通过法律 · draft/draw up legislation 起草法律法规 · introduce/bring in legislation 推出法律法规
- reserve seats 保留席位
- lower house 下议院
- impasse /ˈɪmpæs/ n. 僵局，死胡同 · reach an impasse 陷入僵局 · break/end an impasse 打破/结束僵局
- consensus /kənˈsensəs/ n. 共识，统一的意见 · reach a consensus among sb. about/on sth. 某群人就某个问题达成共识