You can picture 'congress' as a crowd of people who have travelled in from many different places and now stand together in one room — the word literally carries the idea of 'walking together' into one gathering. From that one image of people converging to talk and decide, everything else follows: first any big formal meeting, then a permanent body of people who gather to make a country's laws.
From the word’s history
From Latin 'congressus', from 'congredi' = 'com-' (together) + 'gradi' (to walk/step) — literally 'a walking together', a coming together.
源自拉丁文 congressus，由 com-（一起）加 gradi（走、行）組成，字面就是「一起走來、會合」。所以從「集會」到「定期聚會立法的國會」，都還守著這個「眾人走到一起」的原始畫面。
Oxford English Dictionary / etymonline (congress < Latin congressus)
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原始詞典資料16 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Congressname
- 1
governmentpoliticsThe two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- The bill was stewarded through Congress to the President.
- He pitched his budget proposal to Congress.
- 2
governmentpoliticsThe legislature of the Philippines.
- 3
governmentpoliticsThe legislature of the Philippines.
Congressname
- 1
A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
- 2
A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.
- 3
A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Congressnoun
- 1
A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.
- Two regular sessions of our federal legislative body are called a Congress, and Congresses have been numbered consecutively since the first one met in 1789. The first two sessions were called the first Congress; […]
congressnoun/ˈkɑŋɡɹəs/
- 1
A formal gathering or assembly of persons; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.
- 2
A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.
- Republicans have their own high stakes in November. Losing control of Congress, they say, could mean a highly politicized impeachment of their president.
- 3
An association, especially one consisting of other associations or representatives of interest groups.
- Near-synonyms: federation, confederation
- the National Congress of American Indians
- 4
datedCoitus: sexual intercourse.
- Welsh ponies, I learn from a man who has had much experience with these animals, habitually produce erections and emissions in their stalls; they do not bring their hind quarters up during this process, and they close their eyes, which does not take place when they have congress with mares.
- Not three weeks before this he was run out of Fort Smith Arkansas for having congress with a goat. Yes lady, that is what I said. Goat.
- 5
archaicA coming together of two or more people; a meeting.
- After some little repast, he went to see Democritus […]. The multitude stood gazing round about to see the congress.
- 6
rareA group of baboons.
- […] the council hall stank like a congress of baboons.
- 2013, Dick Hrebik, Walter Goes to War—WWII, Rolling Meadows, IL: Windy City Publishers, Chapter 7, p. 133, Saw a congress of baboons of all sizes making their way to a mountaintop to spend the night on the rocks and trees there.
congressverb/kənˈɡɹɛs/
- 1
To assemble together.
- 2
To meet in a congress.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- Indian National Congress
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