Congress
['kɒŋgres] or ['kɑŋɡrəs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the legislature of the United States government.
(noun.) a meeting of elected or appointed representatives.
(noun.) a national legislative assembly.
整理:萨莎--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter.
(n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
(n.) The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition.
(n.) A gathering or assembly; a conference.
(n.) A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest.
(n.) The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation.
(n.) The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Meeting, assembly, convention, council, diet, convocation, synod.[2]. National legislature (of the U. S.), Senate and House of Representatives.
整理:普雷斯利
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Parliament, council, conclave, assembly, synod, legislature, convention
ANT:Cabal, conclave, mob
弗恩手打
解釋/意思:
n. a meeting together or assembly as of ambassadors &c. for political purposes: the federal legislature of the United States.—v.i. to meet in congress.—adj. Congres′sional.—n. Con′gressman a member of congress.
克林特手打
娱乐性解釋/意思:
n. A body of men who meet to repeal laws.
埃斯蒂斯整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Only in the summer of 1776 did Congress take the irrevocable step of declaring for separation. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Mirabeau should be printed; and that the president should write a letter of condolence upon the occasion to the Congress of America. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Near the close of the short session of Congress of 1844-5, the bill for the annexation of Texas to the United States was passed. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Congress had appropriated $8,000 to maintain it for the first year, and placed it under the direction of the Postmaster-General. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The one thing Congress has not done is to use the talents of business men for the nation's advantage. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- There had been great delay in obtaining the authority of Congress for the raising of the troops asked for by the administration. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The day after his return, he was elected by the legislature of Pennsylvania a delegate to Congress. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- In May, 1879, an international congress was convened, under the auspices of Ferdinand de Lesseps, to consider the question of the best location and plan of the canal. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Morse now decided to bring his invention to the attention of Congress. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Congress also gave him a vote of thanks for the victories at Chattanooga, and voted him a gold medal for Vicksburg and Chattanooga. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Upon application to Congress to be recalled, Mr. Jefferson was appointed to succeed him in 1785. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- I must now beg leave to say something relating to myself, a subject with which I have not often troubled the Congress. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Tests are about to be made under special appropriation of Congress, and if its claim can be substantiated, it may become the most destructive engine of warfare known. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The gentlemen who presented these two members of Congress asked me if I would have any objections to their addressing my regiment. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The only members of Congress I knew were Washburne and Philip Foulk. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The allies, after the fashion of Peace Congresses, frittered away precious time in more and more rapacious disputes; the Bourbons returned to France. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- You hear it in the loud, clear, but more restrained tones of Congresses and Conferences. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
手打:莎伦