A governing body of some universities charged with maintaining academic standards and regulations and usu. composed of the principal or representative members of the faculty.

(大学等)评议会；理事会。

In ancient Rome, an assembly of elders, chosen from the nobility, at first as an advisory body and later as the supreme council of state.

(古罗马之)养老院。

An assembly or council of citizens invested with governmental powers; a legislative body.

参议院；立法院。

Upper house of the legislature of the U.S., many other countries, and most states.

(美法等国之)上院；参议院。