congressional是什么意思
- 英式英标[kən\'ɡrɛʃənl]
- 美式音标[kən\'ɡreʃənəl]
英文词源
- congressional (adj.)
- 1690s, from Latin congressionem (from congressus, see congress) + -al (1). Originally sometimes reviled as barbarous, Pickering (1816) quotes an unnamed English correspondent: "The term Congress belonging to America, the Americans may employ its derivatives, without waiting for the assent of the English."
实用例句
- 1. In 1987 Congressional Quarterly published a series of guidebooks to American politics.
- 1987年《国会季刊》出版了一系列美国政治指南读物。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more.
- 但是国会工作人员担心这项计划最终会多耗资数十亿元。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A congressional report charges that federal safety laws were recklessly violated.
- 一份国会报告指责联邦安全法被公然违反。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. the Congressional Black Caucus
- 美国国会提倡黑人民权的核心小组
来自《权威词典》
- 5. Seventeen congressmen were absent at the Congressional roll call.
- 议会点名时有17名议员缺席.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
