mayor: [13] Mayor and major are ultimately the same word. The ancestor of mayor is Latin mājor ‘larger’, which reached English via medieval Latin mājor (used nominally as the title of various officials) and Old French maire. In Middle English the word was mair or mer, and mayor represents a partial return to the Latin form. => major
mayor (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French maire "head of a city or town government" (13c.), originally "greater, superior" (adj.), from Latin maior, major, comparative of magnus "great" (see magnum).
双语例句
1. The person who embodies democracy at the local level is the mayor.
在地方上代表民主的人是市长。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Bradley will go down in history as Los Angeles' longest serving mayor.
布拉德利将作为洛杉矶任期最长的市长被载入史册。
来自柯林斯例句
3. For his dedication the Mayor awarded him a medal of merit.
为表彰他的奉献精神，市长授予他荣誉奖章。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The mayor's scheme offers incentives to firms setting up in lower Manhattan.
市长的方案激励了打算在曼哈顿下城开业的公司。
来自柯林斯例句
5. In 1966, Pastor Albertz took over from him as governing mayor.
