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."
雙語例句
1. In 1987 Congressional Quarterly published a series of guidebooks to American politics.
1987年《國會季刊》出版了一系列美國政治指南讀物。
來自柯林斯例句
2. But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more.
但是國會工作人員擔心這項計劃最終會多耗資數十億元。
來自柯林斯例句
3. A congressional report charges that federal safety laws were recklessly violated.
一份國會報告指責聯邦安全法被公然違反。
來自柯林斯例句
4. the Congressional Black Caucus
美國國會提倡黑人民權的核心小組
來自《權威詞典》
5. Seventeen congressmen were absent at the Congressional roll call.