| 英语单词 | sheriff |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['ʃerɪf] 美 ['ʃerɪf] |
| 中文释义 | n.郡治安官;郡长 |
| 英语例句 | (1) In the nearby town of Banbury, however, the sheriff found his help. (2) Angrily, the Sheriff crumpled the note and threw it into the fire. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 不过,在附近的班百瑞镇,郡长找到了愿帮助他的人。 (2) 郡长很生气地把信揉成一团丢到火炉里。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A sheriff is the top-ranking officer in a county police force. Unlike police in a city or town, the sheriff is an elected official. |
| vocabulary扩展 | In most states, the sheriff serves a four-year term, and she oversees a department of police officers. A sheriff's job varies from state to state, but it generally includes enforcing the law, making arrests within the county, traffic control, prisoner transportation, and crime investigation. The Old English root word is scirgerefa, "representative of royal authority in a shire." Sheriff has been used in the United States since the 1600's. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT; N-TITLE 可数名词;头衔名词](美国由选举产生的)县治安官 In the United States, a sheriff is a person who is elected to make sure that the law is obeyed in a particular county.
2 [N-COUNT; N-TITLE 可数名词;头衔名词](苏格兰的)郡法官,区法官 In Scotland, a sheriff is a legal officer whose chief duty is to act as judge in a Sheriff Court. These courts deal with all but the most serious crimes and with most civil actions.
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词](英格兰和威尔士境内挂名的名誉)郡长,郡督 In England and Wales, the Sheriff of a city or county is a person who is elected or appointed to carry out mainly ceremonial duties. [usu N
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