congressional

英 [kən'ɡreʃənəl]美 [kən'ɡrɛʃənl]
  • adj. 国会的；会议的；议会的
TOEFL 中频词

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."

双语例句

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》