proconsul
- 英式英标[pro\'kɑnsl]
- 美式音标[prəʊ\'kɒns(ə)l]
英文词源
- proconsul (n.)
- late 14c., "governor or military commander of an ancient Roman province," from Latin proconsul "governor of a province; military commander," from phrase pro consule "(acting) in place of a consul," from pro- "in place of" (see pro-) + ablative of consul. In modern use usually rhetorical, but it was a title of certain commissioners in the French Revolution, was used in English for "deputy consul," and was used again of U.S. administrators in Iraq during the occupation. Related: Proconsular.
实用例句
- 1. For a time Octavian was consul, then proconsul and eventually a tribune.
- 屋大维曾做了一段时间的执政官, 然后是总督,最后是保民官.
来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
