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potentate
[ˈpəʊt(ə)nteɪt] [ˈpoʊt(ə)nteɪt]

  • n. 统治者,君主;有权势的人

[ 复数 potentates ]

网络释义英英释义

短语

Pawns or Potentates 小卒或国王

potentate [ 'pəutənteit ]

  • n. a ruler who is unconstrained by law

    同义词: dictator

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

potentate /ˈpəʊtənˌteɪt/

  • 1. 

    N-COUNT A potentate is a ruler who has complete power over his people. 专制君主; 对人民拥有绝对权力的统治者 [正式]

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  • Love of power is greatly increased by the experience of power, and this applies to petty power as well as to that of potentates.

    体验权力后更增加权力热爱,无论是芝麻小权还是君主大权,一概如此

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  • There was another meeting of these two potentates at erfurt in which the tsar was manifestly less amenable to the dazzling tactics of napoleon than he had been.

    两个君主埃尔福特又次会见这次沙皇拿破仑眼花缭乱策略显然不象以前那样愿意听从了。

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  • Many new Yorkers, infuriated by tax breaks given to these skyscraping potentates, picture themselves toiling in the long, skinny shadows the new towers will cast.

    很多纽约人为这些高处的权贵们所获得的税收优惠感到愤怒想像自己将在这些大楼即将投射狭长阴影里辛苦劳作。

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  • So, what happens with municipal privileges, towns that had municipal privileges, these are eroded and then virtually eliminated by powerful potentates.

    地方特权怎么样了,拥有地方特权的城镇又发生了什么,绝对统治者削弱并最终废除了地方特权

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  • In Jalalabad three potentates have agreed, apparently peaceably, to share power in the eastern region.

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  • They have been proclaimed by politicians and potentates, but also economists, scientists, psychologists, biologists and others.

    ECONOMIST: Liberty, equality, humility

  • The proposed chemical sector "Reach" rules, now before European Union potentates in Brussels, run to 1, 300 pages.

    FORBES: Chemistry Lesson

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