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(yǔ)例句
1. In 1987 Congressional Quarterly published a series of guidebooks to American politics.
1987年《國(guó)會(huì)季刊》出版了一系列美國(guó)政治指南讀物。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more.