potentate

[美]/ˈpəʊtnteɪt/
[英]/ˈpoʊtnteɪt/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 君主, 统治者, 有权势的人
词形变化

短语搭配

ruling potentate

统治者

absolute potentate

绝对统治者

political potentate

政治统治者

powerful potentate

强大的统治者

corrupt potentate

腐败的统治者

例句

From the aproned pot-scrubber to the flanneled potentate, everybody liked me, everybody petted me.

从系围裙的擦锅工到穿法兰绒的权贵,人人喜欢我,人人宠我。

The potentate ruled over the kingdom with absolute power.

这位统治者以绝对权力统治王国。

The potentate's extravagant lifestyle was the talk of the town.

统治者奢华的生活方式成为城里的谈资。

The potentate's decree was met with mixed reactions from the people.

统治者的法令引起了人们的各种反应。

The potentate's reign was marked by prosperity and stability.

统治者的统治以繁荣和稳定为特点。

The potentate's palace was a symbol of wealth and power.

统治者的宫殿是财富和权力的象征。

The potentate's authority was unquestioned by his subjects.

统治者的权威在他的臣民中没有受到质疑。

The potentate's army was feared throughout the land.

统治者的军队在整个土地上都备受恐惧。

The potentate's advisors played a crucial role in shaping his policies.

统治者的顾问在制定政策方面发挥了至关重要的作用。

The potentate's coronation ceremony was a grand affair.

统治者的加冕仪式是一场盛大的盛事。

The potentate's legacy endured long after his reign ended.

统治者的遗产在他统治结束后仍然长存。

原声例句

8 Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first potentate on earth.

8 雇士生尼默洛得,他是世上第一个强人。

来源: New American Bible

" It is you, " replied the potentate.

“是你,”君主答道。

来源: The New Arabian Nights (Part Two)

You don't mind the new potentates taking over.

你不介意新的当权者接管。

来源: Sway

Christendom was split in the 16th century, with the pope and various Protestant potentates vying for control.

基督教世界在16世纪分裂,教皇和各种新教统治者争夺控制权。

来源: The Economist Culture

One of the great secrets of England's success with savage races has been her consideration, her respect, her almost reverence of native customs, ceremonies, and potentates.

英格兰在野蛮种族方面取得成功的一大秘诀在于她对当地习俗、仪式和君主的体贴、尊重和近乎崇敬。

来源: Vancouver Legend

The current Tom Thumb being an 'Arab' potentate who had lived at a Strand hotel for a fortnight, and had disappeared without the formality of paying his bill.

现任 Tom Thumb 是一位“阿拉伯”君主,他曾在 Strand 的一家酒店住了两周,并且在没有正式支付账单的情况下失踪了。

来源: A handsome face.

You do not know, you do not feel, that in your own distracted heart and disordered brain dwells the source of that unhappiness which all the potentates on earth cannot relieve.

你不知道,你没有感觉到,在你自己心烦意乱的心和混乱的大脑中,居住着地球上所有君主都无法消除的不快乐的根源。

来源: The Sorrows of Young Werther

But when it transpired that a gift of peculiar significance was to follow the congratulations, to give them weight, the inference prevailed that the white potentate and the black had taken simultaneous leave of their fourteen senses.

但是,当祝贺之后有一份具有特殊意义的礼物出现,以增加他们的分量时,人们普遍推断白人君主和黑人同时失去了他们的十四种感官。

来源: Amateur Thief Rafiz

And there he fell in with a deep, dark, deadly, and destructive war, waged by the princes and potentates of those parts, both spiritual and temporal, against what do you think? One thing I am sure of.

在那里,他卷入了一场深刻、黑暗、致命和毁灭性的战争,这场战争是由那些地区的君主和君主发动的,无论是属灵的还是世俗的,你认为是为了反对什么?我确定的一件事。

来源: Water Child

Now, Phoebe's presence made a home about her, —that very sphere which the outcast, the prisoner, the potentate, —the wretch beneath mankind, the wretch aside from it, or the wretch above it, —instinctively pines after, —a home!

现在, 菲比的存在在她周围营造了一个家——那个被遗弃者、囚犯、君主——人类之下的不幸者、人类之外的不幸者、或高高在上的不幸者——本能地渴望——一个家!

来源: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)

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