potentate
常見例句
- I went not into the forest to seek a potentate; neither do I, at any future time, design a visit thither, with a view to gaining the favour of such personage.
我到樹林里去,絕不是去找什么有權(quán)勢的人,而且在將來的任何時刻,我也沒有去那兒拜訪、謀求這樣一個人歡心的意圖。 - IN EUROPE in the 16th and 17th centuries Moctezuma II, the Aztec potentate who submitted to Cortés and his Spanish conquistadors, was a figure of exotic fascination.
在16、17世紀的歐洲人看來,蒙特蘇馬(Moctezuma)二世,這位屈服于科爾特斯(Cortés)和西班牙殖民者的阿茲特克皇帝,是一個充滿著異域風(fēng)情的人物。 - I will, before being admitted to citizenship, renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty….
在被接受成為公民前,我將宣布絕對并永遠放棄對任何外國王子、統(tǒng)治者、政府、或君主的效忠和忠誠… - He looked younger than I'd expected, too young to be the potentate of Gardez.
NPR: Sergeant Notes Odd Rituals of War in Afghanistan - Take the Latin American potentate who arrived in London in the 1820s seeking funds to exploit his country's resources.
ECONOMIST: Financial speculation - First, during his visit to the White House last Tuesday, Obama treated Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu like a two-bit potentate.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Exploiting the crisis 返回 potentate