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.有权的人；统治者；君主
词根记忆
- pot(有力的) + ent + ate(人)→有力量的人→统治者
- 来自potent(力量) + ate→有力量的人→统治者
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- potent：有效的；强有力的，有权势的；有说服力的。
- n性质的同根词
- potency：效能；力量；潜力；权势。
- potentiate：统治者。
- vt性质的同根词
- potentiate：加强；赋与力量。
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.
我到树林里去，绝不是去找什么有权势的人，而且在将来的任何时刻，我也没有去那儿拜访、谋求这样一个人欢心的意图。 - 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世纪的欧洲人看来，蒙特苏马（Moctezuma）二世，这位屈服于科尔特斯（Cortés）和西班牙殖民者的阿兹特克皇帝，是一个充满着异域风情的人物。 - I will, before being admitted to citizenship, renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty….
在被接受成为公民前，我将宣布绝对并永远放弃对任何外国王子、统治者、政府、或君主的效忠和忠诚… - 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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双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- industrial potentate 实业巨头
- mighty potentate 有势力的人
- potentate subject 统治者;当权
- industrial l potentate 实业巨头
- potentate - subject 臣民
短语
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.