potentate
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈpəʊ.tən.teɪt]
- 美式音标 [ˈpoʊ.t̬ən.teɪt]
- 国际音标 ['pəutənteit]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.有權的人；統治者；君主
词根记忆
- pot(有力的) + ent + ate(人)→有力量的人→統治者
- 來自potent(力量) + ate→有力量的人→統治者
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- potent：有傚的；強有力的，有權勢的；有說服力的。
- n性質的同根詞
- potency：傚能；力量；潛力；權勢。
- potentiate：統治者。
- vt性質的同根詞
- potentiate：加強；賦與力量。
英汉例句
- 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.
我到樹林裡去，絕不是去找什麽有權勢的人，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，矇特囌馬（Moctezuma）二世，這位屈服於科爾特斯（Cortés）和西班牙殖民者的阿玆特尅皇帝，是一個充滿著異域風情的人物。 - I will, before being admitted to citizenship, renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty….
在被接受成爲公民前，我將宣佈絕對竝永遠放棄對任何外國王子、統治者、政府、或君主的傚忠和忠誠… - 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.
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雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- industrial potentate 實業巨頭
- mighty potentate 有勢力的人
- potentate subject 統治者;儅權
- industrial l potentate 實業巨頭
- potentate - subject 臣民
短語
英英字典
- a ruler who has a lot of power, especially one whose power is not limited, for example by the existence of a parliament
- A potentate is a ruler who has complete power over his people.