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单词 congressman
释义
congressman
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒŋ.ɡres.mən/us
/ˈkɑːŋ.ɡres.mən/
plural-menuk
/ˈkɒŋ.ɡres.mən/us
/ˈkɑːŋ.ɡres.mən/
a man whobelongsto acongress,especiallyamemberof the USHouseofRepresentatives
国会议员；（尤指美国）众议院议员
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congresswoman
Examples
  • He wasaccusedofperjuryby aRepublicancongressman.
  • Sheinvitedthewifeof an Illinois congressman totea.
  • He is just anobscurecongressman, not thepresident.
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(Definition ofcongressmanfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • At last the congressman rose to make a speech.
  • His audacity and his intense zeal won the admiration of President Madison and his cabinet, as well as many congressmen.
  • Many Congressmen in their speeches, made all manner of fun of the bill.
  • The congressman did not reply immediately.
  • These four Congressmen played a curiously dramatic part before they got back to Washington.

congressman| American Dictionary

congressman
noun[C]
us
/ˈkɑŋ·ɡrəs·mən/
plural-menus/-mən,-ˌmen/
amemberof the USHouseof Representatives; a representative
(Definition ofcongressmanfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcongressman

congressman
But it was an issue, and it became one because congressmen analyzed the economics of their tax bill.
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Unable to decide one way or another, congressmen hesitated over this unpromising situation.
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Southern congressmen had been trying for years to apply criminal charges to civil rights leaders and their followers.
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Claiming that the vaccination legislation would enhance the power of the executive branch, the congressmen soundly rejected an apolitical proposal designed to improve public health.
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That is to say, congress decided the election both of one third of the congressmen and of the president.
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Second, the fate of the congressmen who did not sign suggests that the political perils were not imaginary.
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Forty years ago, acongressmanfrom this area would have staunchly defended subsidies for cotton.
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A textile union leader sadly reported that his members would no longer support thecongressman.
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Indirectly, costs were increased by the delays in the process of reform used by congressmen as a strategy to extract further benefits from the executive.
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In the end, however, only three congressmen refused to sign.
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But the need for them is bound to colour deeply a congressman's or senator's image of his entire political environment.
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He wanted to be acongressmaninstead of a university professor.
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During the debates three congressmen sought to make the law more punitive.
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This takes us into an examination of the individuals who cast the votes that elected congressmen to office.
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After all, acongressmanis but one of 435 representatives, each endowed with a single vote.
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