vice-president是什么意思
中文词源
vice-president 副总统，副总裁
vice,副职,president,总统，总裁。
英文词源
- vice-president (n.)
- also vice president, 1570s, "one who acts as a deputy for a president," from vice- + president. Made into an official rank and given a different meaning (vice = "next in rank to") in the U.S. Constitution (1787).
There seems to be no doubt of my election as V[ice] Pres[iden]t. It will have at least one advantage, that of permitting me to devote more of my time to my private affairs. [John C. Calhoun, letter to wife, Nov. 12, 1824]
Related: vice presidential; vice presidency.
实用例句
- 1. Vice-presidents' wives would fill in for first ladies.
- 副总统夫人们将临时代替各位第一夫人。来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Tim Munton becomes the new vice-captain.
- 蒂姆·芒顿成为新的副队长。来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Burns
- 空军少将安德鲁∙伯恩斯来自《权威词典》
- 4. She's been downgraded from principal to vice-principal.
- 她已从校长降职为副校长。来自《权威词典》
- 5. plain-clothes detectives from the vice squad
- 取缔性或毒品犯罪行动队的便衣侦探来自《权威词典》
