Praetorian
praetorians 是 Praetorian 的复数形式，页面展示原形释义。
英 [pri:'tɔ:rɪən]
美
[prɪ'toʊrɪrn]
- adj. 执政官的；禁卫队的
- n. 执政官阶级的人；罗马御卫队之一员
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英语词源
- Praetorian (adj.)
- early 15c., from Latin praetorianus "belonging to a praetor," from praetor (see praetor). Praetorian Guard is from cohors praetoria, the bodyguard troop of a Roman commander or emperor. Hence modern figurative use for "defenders of an existing order."
权威例句
- 1. A large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble.
- 充满野心勃勃、阿谀谄媚之人的庞大、腐败的官僚机构,既搞工作也搞麻烦.