mayor
mayor 英 [meə(r)] 美 [ˈmeɪər]
n. 市长
名词复数:mayors
- The mayor is the leader of a city. He or she heads the city government. Just as a president leads a country, a mayor leads a city. Like other politicians, mayors must run for office and win an election.
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- n. 市长
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1. The lawyer was being groomed as a candidate for mayor.
人们推荐这位律师作为市长候选人。
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2. The new mayor promised to clean the crooks out of the city government.
这位新市长答应把这些坏蛋从市政府中清除出去。
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3. They lined up so many votes for him that he won the election for mayor.
他们为他争取了如此之多的选票，使他赢得了市长竞选。
- mayor (n.) c. 1300, from Old French maire "head of a city or town government" (13c.), originally "greater, superior" (adj.), from Latin maior, major, comparative of magnus "great, large, big" (of size), "abundant" (of quantity), "great, considerable" (of value), "strong, powerful" (of force); of persons, "elder, aged," also, figuratively, "great, mighty, grand, important," from PIE *mag-no-, from root *meg- "great."
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