Federal agencies regulate interstate commerce, while state governments oversee intrastate transportation networks.
联邦机构监管州际商业，而州政府则管理州内交通网络。
Public transit systems in several large American cities carry more passengers on a single weekday than the total attendance at every professional football game played nationwide that same week, a statistic often cited by transit advocates lobbying for expanded federal funding.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
- In response, the federal government promoted new soil conservation techniques, including contour plowing and windbreak planting.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “federal”?
C — National, central government. “federal” means national, central government.
Which word means “national, central government”?
B — federal. “federal” means national, central government.
federal — national, central government. In Chinese: 联邦的.
federal is pronounced /ˈfedərəl/.
Federal agencies regulate interstate commerce, while state governments oversee intrastate transportation networks. (联邦机构监管州际商业，而州政府则管理州内交通网络。)
national, central, governmental — all close in meaning to federal (national, central government).
state, local — each the opposite of federal (national, central government).
Yes. federal is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
feder(union)+al(form).