Congress 英 ['kɒŋgres]   美 ['kɑŋɡrəs]

Congress

Congress  英 ['kɒŋgres] 美 ['kɑŋɡrəs]

n. 国会;议会;代表大会 

名词复数:congresses 

Congress is behind the plan. (美)国会支持此项计划。
Congress has enacted a new tax law. 国会已颁布了一项新的税法。

  • 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
  • 1. Congress is behind the plan.

    (美)国会支持此项计划。

  • 2. Congress has enacted a new tax law.

    国会已颁布了一项新的税法。

  • 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").
con·gress / ˈkɒŋɡres ; NAmE ˈkɑːŋɡrəs / noun 1 [countable ] a large formal meeting or series of meetings where representatives from different groups discuss ideas, make decisions, etc. 代表大会 an international congress of trades unions 工会国际代表大会 2 [countable + singular or plural verb ] Congress (in the US and some other countries 美国及一些其他国家 ) the name of the group of people who are elected to make laws, in the US consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives 国会;议会 Congress will vote on the proposals tomorrow. 国会明天将对提案进行投票表决。 collocationsat politics 3 [countable + singular or plural verb ] used in the names of political parties in some countries (用于某些国家的政党名称)国民大会 the African National Congress 非洲国民大会 congress congresses con·gress / ˈkɒŋɡres ; NAmE ˈkɑːŋɡrəs /
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