| 单词 |
congressional |
| 释义 |
congressional, a.|kənˈgrɛʃənəl|
[f. L. congressiōn-em congression + -al1. It takes the place of a derivative of congressus congress.]
1. Of or pertaining to a congress.
a1691Bp. T. Barlow (Webster, 1828), The congressional institution of Amphictyons in Greece.
2. spec. Of or pertaining to a legislative Congress, as of the United States, and other American republics.
1775E. Quincy in New Eng. Hist. Reg. (1857) XI. 168 A happy effect..of the First American Congressional Appointment of the kind. 1783Jefferson Let. in Writ. (1894) III. 333 My hopes of the success of the Congressional propositions here have lessened exceedingly. 1785Ibid. IV. 33 Give me fully always the Congressional news. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 320 The congressional acts in favour of the officers. 1808Ann. Reg. 365 One of the best fought battles recorded in the annals of congressional pugilism. 1864Century Mag. Sept. (1889) 703/1 The citizens of my congressional district. 1884Harper's Mag. June 128/2 The Presidential candidates were..nominated by Congressional caucus. 1891Daily News 28 Apr. 5/6 Particulars of the blowing up of the Blanco Encalada received through Chilian Congressional sources. |
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