congress

• n.議会；会議；会合；社交

con-、強調する。-本来の意味は、人々が一堂に会すること。

congress

congress: [16] A congress is literally a ‘coming together’ – hence, a ‘meeting’. The word comes from Latin congressus, which was based on the past participial stem of congredī ‘come together’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and gradī ‘go, walk’ (a derivative of gradus ‘step’, from which English gets grade, gradual, and graduate). The application of the word to the US legislature dates from the 1770s.
=> grade, gradual, graduate, progress, transgress

congress (n.)

c. 1400, "body of attendants; also "meeting of armed forces" (mid-15c.); main modern sense of "coming together of people, a meeting" is from 1520s; from Latin congressus "a friendly meeting; a hostile encounter," past participle of congredi "meet with, fight with," from com- "together" (see com-) + gradi "to walk," from gradus "a step" (see grade (n.)).

Sense of "meeting of delegates" is first recorded 1670s. Meaning "sexual union" is from 1580s. Used in reference to the national legislative body of the American states since 1775 (though since 1765 in America as a name for proposed bodies). Congress of Vienna met Nov. 1, 1814, to June 8, 1815, and redrew the map of Europe with an eye to creating a balance of powers after the disruptions of Napoleon.

1. Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law.

アイゼンハワーは、彼の影響力で国会を説得してこの法律を改正した。

2.The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks.

アフリカ国民大会は会談から退出すると脅している。

3.The American Congress has agreed to forgive Egypt 's military debt.

米国議会はエジプトの軍事債務を免除することに同意した。

4. Congress as an institution scores low in public opinion polls.

公共機関として、国会は世論調査で低い点数を取っている。

5.He should not commit American troops without the full consent of Congress .

議会の完全な同意がなければ、米国軍を派遣すべきではない。