presidency
英 ['prez?d(?)ns?]
美['pr?z?d?nsi]
- n. 總統（或董事長、會長、大學校長等）的職位（任期）；管轄；支配
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詞態變化
復數:?presidencies;
英文詞源
- presidency (n.)
- 1590s, "office of a president," from Medieval Latin praesidentia "office of a president" (mid-13c.), from Latin praesidentem (nominative praesidens) "president, governor" (see president). Earlier in same sense was presidentship (1520s). Meaning "a president's term in office" is from 1610s.
雙語例句
- 1. They have been calling the Presidency decision a backroom deal.
- 他們稱總統人選問題是個幕后交易。
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- 2. The presidency is beginning to appear a political irrelevance.
- 總統一職似乎正在淪為政治上的擺設。
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- 3. Even the presidency was handed to him on a plate.
- 他甚至連總統之位都是得來全不費工夫。
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- 4. The European Union's rotating presidency passed from Sweden to Belgium.
- 歐盟輪值主席國由瑞典換成了比利時。
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- 5. He was already preparing his run for the presidency.
- 他已經開始為參選總統做準備了。
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