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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