| 正面 | 304.president 英 ['prezɪd(ə)nt]美 ['prɛzɪdənt]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. 谐音：五个“废物”。n. 总统；董事长；校长 例句： 1. The President's speeches are regularly reproduced verbatim in the state-run newspapers.总统的讲话通常会被一字不差地刊登在国有报纸上。 president 主席，总统，总裁来自preside,主持，担任主席，-ent,人。 presidentpresident: [14] A president is etymologically simply someone who ‘presides’. The word comes via Old French president from Latin praesidēns, the present participle of praesidēre ‘superintend’ (it literally meant ‘sit in front of’ – it was formed from the prefix prae- ‘before’ and sedēre ‘sit’ – and it has given English preside [17]). Another Latin derivative was the noun praesidium ‘garrison, fortification’, which English has acquired via Russian prezídium as presidium [20].=> preside, presidium, sitpresident (n.)late 14c., "appointed governor of a province; chosen leader of a body of persons," from Old French president and directly from Latin praesidentum (nominative praesidens) "president, governor," noun use of present participle of praesidere "to act as head or chief" (see preside). In Middle English of heads of religious houses, hospitals, colleges and universities. First use for "chief executive officer of a republic" is in U.S. Constitution (1787), from earlier American use for "officer in charge of the Continental Congress" (1774), a sense derived from that of "chosen head of a meeting or group of persons," which is from Middle English. It had been used of chief officers of banks from 1781, of individual colonies since 1608 (originally Virginia) and heads of colleges since mid-15c. Slang shortening prez is recorded from 1883. Fem. form presidentess is attested from 1763." |