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congress

美音:[´kɔŋgrəs ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.(代表)大会,[C~] (美国等国的)国会,议会

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congress为短语/超纲词汇   词频:1708

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副词:congressionally 形容词:congressional

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grad=to walk(行走) 变化型 gress

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congress


/'kɒŋgres; [US] -grəs; `kɑŋˇrəs/
n [CGp]
1 formal meeting or series of meetings for discussion between representatives 代表大会
*a medical, international, etc congress 医学、国际等会议
* the Church Congress 教会代表大会.
2 Congress law-making body, eg of the USA 国会(立法机关, 如美国国会). Cf 参看 senate 1.

congress


n
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: congressus 'meeting', from the past participle of congredi 'to come together', from com- ( COM-) + gradi 'to go']
[U and C]
a formal meeting of representatives of different groups, countries etc, to discuss ideas, make decisions etc
 a congress of the ruling Labor Party
[C]
the group of people chosen or elected to make the laws in some countries
Congress
the group of people elected to make laws in the US, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives
 The President has lost the support of Congress.
[singular]
used in the names of political parties
 Gandhi's Congress Party
>congressional [kən'greʃənəl/
1. With two sweeping balconies, this auditorium holds ten thousand people, and it is here that the National People´s Congress meets, and all the other great political meetings are held.
    大会堂连同它的两个巨大的楼厅,总共可容纳一万人。全国人民代表大会以及其它大型的政治会议就是在这里举行的。

2. He was elected to the 68th Congress.
    他当选为美国第六十八届议会议员。

3. He is a deputy to the National People´s Congress.
    他是人民代表大会代表。

4. A bill now before Congress would give preferential treatment to foreign students with advanced degrees in science and engineering who want to work in the United States.
    一份议案已递交到了国会,这一议案要求给予那些想在美国工作、具有理科和工程学科高级学位的外国留学生以优厚待遇。

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