Praetorian
英 [priː'tɔːrɪən]
美
- 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
英文词源
- 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."
双语例句
- 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.
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