potentate
英 ['pəʊt(ə)nteɪt]
美
GRE
potentate 君王，统治者来自potent,有权的，-ate,人。引申词义君王，统治者。
- potentate (n.)
- c. 1400, from Old French potentat and directly from Late Latin potentatus "a ruler," also "political power," from Latin potentatus "might, power, rule, dominion," from potentem (nominative potens) "powerful" (see potent).
- 1. City prayers were vain against the great rural potentate.
- 城市里的祈祷文对于乡村中这个了不起的有权有势的人竟然毫无用处.
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- 2. They might didn't agree with potentate but still performed as soldiers.
- 他们或许不支持当权者却依然克尽职守地履行一个军人的职责.
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- 3. People rose up against the despotic rule of their potentate.
- 我们的校长是个专横的人.
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- 4. From the aproned pot scrubber to the flanneled potentate, everybody liked me, everybody petted me.
- 从系围裙的擦锅工到穿法兰绒的权贵, 人人喜欢我, 人人宠我.
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- 5. From aproned pot - scrubber to the flanneled potentate, everybody liked me, everybody petted me.
- 不论是围着围裙的陶艺大师还是穿着法兰绒大衣的政治家, 每个人都喜欢我, 都爱逗我玩.
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