potentate
音標['p?ut?nteit] 讀音漢語翻譯
n. 有權的人, 有勢力的人, 統治者
英文解釋:
名詞 potentate:
- a ruler who is unconstrained by law同義詞:dictator
例句:
- People rose up against the despotic rule of their potentate.人們起來反抗君主的專制統治。
詳細解釋:
po.ten.tate
n.(名詞)One who has the power and position to rule over others; a monarch.君主,統治者:有權力和地位來統治別人的人;君王One who dominates or leads a group or an endeavor:有權勢的人:統治或領導一群人或某項事業的人:例句:industrial potentates.實業巨頭們
來源:Middle English potentat 中古英文 potentat from Old French 源自 古法文 from Late Latin potent3tus 源自 後期拉丁語 potent3tus from Latin [power] 源自 拉丁語 [權力] from potôns [present participle of] posse [to be able] * see potent 源自 potôns [] posse的現在分詞 [能夠] *參見 potent
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