“审议”

两会期间，哪个词最为热门？当然是“审议”了。“审议”如何用英文来表达，看下面一段相关新闻报导：

China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), on Thursday started examining two draft laws aimed to grant equal protection to state and private properties and introduce a unified income tax for domestic and foreign-funded enterprises.

The draft property law and the draft enterprise income tax law were submitted for deliberation to the ongoing annual full session of the Tenth NPC.

报道说，《物权法》草案和《企业所得税法》草案上周四正式提请中国最高立法机关全国人大审议。《物权法》力在对国家财产和私有财产予以平等保护，《企业所得税》将统一内外资企业所得税。

由报道可知，“examination”和“deliberation”及其相应的动词形式“examine”和“deliberate”，均可表示汉语中的“审议”。相比较而言，“deliberate/deliberation”更常用，侧重指“慎重考虑”。

动词“deliberate”（审议）常和介词“on”搭配，如该文的标题就可设为“Lawmakers deliberate (on) bills on property, corporate tax”。

此外，外电报道也常用“on the table(adv.)/table(v.)”表示“审议”，如：A draft on property law was finally tabled for discussion at the NPC on March 8 after a 14-year legislative marathon.（制定过程长达14年之久的《物权法》草案3月8日提请十届全国人大五次会议审议。）