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词汇 federal
释义 federal
adjective
uk /ˈfed.ər.əl/ us /ˈfed.ɚ.əl/
C1[ before noun ]
relating to the central government, and not to the government of a region, of some countries such as the US: 联邦政府的
the federal government联邦政府
a federal agency/employee联邦政府机构/雇员
A federal system of government consists of a group of regions that are controlled by a central government.联邦(制)的
They were charged with violating federal law.他们被控违犯了联邦法律。
All of the federal judges currently sitting in Maryland hail from Baltimore.
They are accused of trying to shield the General from US federal investigators.他们被指控试图包庇将军,使其逃脱美国联邦调查员的调查。
There is strong support here for the tough economic reforms ordained in the federal capital, Prague.这里的人们坚决支持由联邦首都布拉格下令进行的强有力的经济改革。
Managers deliberately obscured the real situation from federal investigators.经理们故意对联邦调查人员掩盖真实情况。
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Politics - general words

federal | American Dictionary


federal
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈfed·ər·əl/
politics & government
of or connected with the central government of some countries:
the federal government
Federal law regulates trade with other countries.

federally


adverbus/ˈfed·ər·ə·li, ˈfed·rə·li/
a federally funded agency that provides free legal services to the poor

federal | Business English


federal
adjective
 GOVERNMENTuk /ˈfedərəl/us
relating to a central government, not a state or local government:
The state contributes 30% and the federal government 70% of the cost of the plan.
She was charged in federal court with possessing unauthorized credit-card numbers.
The employee then contacted federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services.
He helped secure $100 million in federal funding to rebuild the department's infrastructure.
A proposed Senate bill would raise the federal tax on cigarettes by 61 cents per pack.
federal laws/regulations/legislation
federal grants
having or relating to a system of government, especially in the US, where all the states in the country have some control over their own activities, but where central government has the main responsibility for making important decisions and laws:
They have been in government for 45 of the 51 years of the German federal republic.
Many Americans will protest that such local variation lies at the heart of a federal system.

Examples of federal


federal
Beyond these areas, federal jurisdiction seemed too limited to test.
The law required that all employers, beginning in 1936, pay a 3 percent tax on salaries and wages to the federal government.
To achieve this goal, the committee stressed that the federal government would have to assume much greater responsibility in the protection of civil rights.
The purpose of listing the causes of faction now is to show why the federal system is superior to the state systems.
Why was this agency, the largest and most expensive regulatory agency in the federal government, created?
Localism, the replication of local communities in the states, spelled obvious trouble for a federal power.
The scope of discovery in the federal courts is broad and requires nearly total mutual disclosure of each party's evidence prior to trial.
Not until the mid-1970s did public officials devote federal resources to publicizing obesity's danger, a development described in more detail below.
Do you think the federal government currently spends enough, too much, or too little on data collection?
The political environment has a direct effect on farm economics through federal farm programs.
Reimbursement is considered by a federal multidisciplinary committee, but final decisions are made by the government itself.
The idea of subsidizing "social insurance" through the federal budget was considered inadequate.
Until now, no legal framework exists for systematic breast cancer screening on the federal or regional level.
Update of federal activities regarding the use of pneumococcal vaccine.
A provision in the federal law provided an out to states seeking to avoid compliance.
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