praetorian
执政官的
常用释义
英音[ priːˈtɔːrɪən ]
美音[ priːˈtɔːriən ]
基本释义
- adj. 执政官的;禁卫队的
- n. 执政官阶级的人;罗马御卫队之一员
例句
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1·Most of the Californians act as Mrs Pelosi’s praetorian guard in the House, not least because she sometimes gives them a lift home on her official jet.众议院多数加州人组成了佩洛西的“禁卫军”,原因可不仅仅是因为她时不时会让这些人搭自己的“顺风‘飞机’”回家。
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2·A large praetorian bureaucracy, filled with ambitious, possessive. and often sycophantic people, makes work and makes trouble Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.充满了野心勃勃、贪得无厌…且常阿谀奉承之人的庞大的贪赃枉法的官僚机构,能进行工作,也能带来麻烦(孝瑟m。施莱辛格)。
同义词
adj.
执政官的;禁卫队的
同根词
词根:
praetor
praetor
n
长官;执政官