provost
provost 英 ['prɒvəst] 美 ['provost]
n. 教务长；院长；监狱看守
名词复数:provosts
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- n. 教务长；院长；监狱看守
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1. Mr. Shieber was the chairman of a committee set up by Harvard’s provost to investigate scholarly publishing; this proposal grew out of one of the recommendations, he said.
谢波先生是哈佛大学教务长设立的学术出版调查专门委员会的主席。 这一提议即是该专门委员的建言之一。
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2. And if the president is like the CEO of a company, the provost is the CFO, worrying about budget, infrastructure and academic health.
如果说校长相当于公司的CEO，那教务长则是CFO，他要关注学校的预算、基础设施状况还有整个学校的学术健康。
- provost (n.) Old English profost, reinforced by Old French cognate provost, both from Late Latin propositus (reinforced by Old French cognate provost), from Latin propositus/praepositus "a chief, prefect" (source of Old Provençal probost, Old High German probost, German Propst), literally "placed before, in charge of," from past participle of praeponere "put before" (see preposition). Provost marshal first recorded 1510s.
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