Capitol Hillとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Capitol Hill

1. The hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol is located, where Congress holds its sessions.

   Culture new contacts on Capitol Hill.

2. A neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
3. (metonymic) the United States Congress
   • 1975, Ralph de Toledano, Hit & Run: The Rise--And Fall?--Of Ralph Nader, page 120:

     Let me put it this way: The girl in question was no novice to Washington nor to the ways of Capitol Hill.

   • 2000, Jeffrey M. Berry, The New Liberalism: The Rising Power of Citizen Groups, page 102:

     At the same time, the failure of conservatives to invest in Capitol Hill lobbying that could be coordinated with their grass-roots efforts represents a strategic misallocation of resources.

   • 2005, Yanek Mieczkowski, Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s, page 62:

     The Ninety-fourth Congress would be emphatically Democratic, and Ford's base of support on Capitol Hill would be narrower and weaker.

   • 2007, Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, page 233:

     I cannot count how many letters I received from Capitol Hill in the 1990s outlining one scheme or another to spend more or tax less

   • 2007, John W. Dean, Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, page 30:

     A political reality of Capitol Hill is that the party in control has always taken care of its own and, as the minority sees it, gives them "the shaft."

4. A neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
5. A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.

同意語

• (neighborhood in Denver): Cap Hill
• (neighborhood in Seattle): Cap Hill