| 英语单词 | czar |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 美 |
| 中文释义 | n.沙皇;独揽大权者 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The Czar of Russia was overthrown in 1917. (2) The czar ordered the guards to drive people away. (3) He has proposed an Afghan war czar to take charge. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 俄国沙皇一九一七年被推翻。 (2) 沙皇命令卫兵把人们赶走。 (3) 他已提名一位阿富汗战争的统帅来负责军队调度。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Czar is a Russian word for ruler or emperor. Those kinds of czars are long gone, but we still use the word to describe people in charge of something important. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Up until the early 20th century, the ruler in Russia was a man called a czar who had total power, like an emperor or dictator. In English, czar has hung around as a word for anyone in charge of anything. If you run a book club, you might jokingly call yourself a book czar. In the U.S. government, people in charge of large departments are often called czars — like the housing czar or labor czar. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 →see: tsar ; |
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