| 单词 | federal city |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFederal City Federal City n. Washington D.C., as the capital of the United States. ΚΠ 1784 Morning Post 17 June It is said, that the American Congress, unable to determine in what town of the United States to fix their residence, are about to build a fœderal city for the purpose, between the Delaware and the Potowmack.] 1788 Deb. & Proc. Convent. N.-Y. 64 Are the people to corrupt the senators with their own gold? Is bribery to enter the federal city, with the amazing influx of adamant, the gentleman so pathetically contemplates? 1796 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XIII. 342 One or other of the proprietors in the Federal City. 1847 Knickerbocker Mag. 29 536 She..last winter travelled with her uncle as far as the Federal City. 1992 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. iv. 3/2 A career public official who has spent most of his adult life in appointive or elected office in Washington, he now runs—and rails—against the bureaucrats and politicians of the Federal city. < as lemmas |
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