presidency
英 ['prezɪd(ə)nsɪ]
美 ['prɛzɪdənsi]
- n. 总统（或董事长、会长、大学校长等）的职位（任期）；管辖；支配
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. They have been calling the Presidency decision a backroom deal.
- 他们称总统人选问题是个幕后交易。
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- 2. The presidency is beginning to appear a political irrelevance.
- 总统一职似乎正在沦为政治上的摆设。
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- 3. Even the presidency was handed to him on a plate.
- 他甚至连总统之位都是得来全不费工夫。
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- 4. The European Union's rotating presidency passed from Sweden to Belgium.
- 欧盟轮值主席国由瑞典换成了比利时。
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- 5. He was already preparing his run for the presidency.
- 他已经开始为参选总统做准备了。
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