congressional

congressional — adjective

1. describing anything that involves the elected senators and representatives of th

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describing anything that involves the elected senators and representatives of the US who serve in Congress and create the nation's laws.

例句

A congressional committee is reviewing the new education funding law.

collocation: congressional committee

Senator Ravi attended three congressional hearings on the climate bill.

collocation: congressional hearings

同義詞
  • legislative

    broader in scope — refers to any lawmaking body (state, federal, or foreign), not exclusively the US Congress

  • parliamentary

    used for the UK and other Commonwealth systems; not applicable to the US Congress

  • senatorial

    narrower — relates only to the Senate, the upper chamber, rather than both chambers of Congress

  • governmental

    much wider — covers executive, legislative, and judicial branches at any level

文法句型

congressional + noun

用法筆記

Attributive adjective — always placed before the noun it modifies. The accompanying noun typically names a government body (committee), a procedure (hearing), a document (report), or a role (leader). Not used predicatively (✗ This issue is congressional).

常見錯誤

❌The congressional will decide the matter.
✅Congress will decide the matter.
💡'congressional' is an adjective, not a noun; use 'Congress' as the subject.
❌The school board held a congressional meeting.
✅The school board held a general meeting.
💡'congressional' refers specifically to the US Congress, not to any ordinary assembly or meeting.