Congress
Congress 英 ['kɒŋgres] 美 ['kɑŋɡrəs]
n. 国会;议会;代表大会
名词复数:congresses
- Use the proper noun Congress when you're talking about the legislative branch of the United States government, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
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- n. 国会;议会;代表大会
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1. Congress is behind the plan.
(美)国会支持此项计划。
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2. Congress has enacted a new tax law.
国会已颁布了一项新的税法。
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3. The president muscled the bill through Congress.
总统强使这个法案在国会获得通过。
- congress (n.) c. 1400, "a body of attendants; also "meeting of armed forces" (mid-15c.); sense of "a coming together of people, a meeting of individuals" is from 1520s; from Latin congressus "a friendly meeting; a hostile encounter," past participle of congredi "to meet with; to fight with," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + gradi "to walk," from gradus "a step" (from PIE root *ghredh- "to walk, go").
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