| 单词 | alderman |
| 释义 | Related topics: Governmental·der·man /ˈɔːldəmən $ ˈɒːldər-/ noun (plural aldermen /-mən/) [countable] 1. PGan elected member of a town or city council in the US 〔美国城镇的〕市议员2. PGan important member of a town council in Britain in the past 〔旧时英国市、镇的〕参事；高级市政官Examples from the Corpusalderman• Paul Sheridan, ward boss and alderman, begat Paul Sheridan, alderman.• Councillors and aldermen commanded grander funerals than those of guild liverymen, for their status was higher.• Many of the Daley aldermen are ward bosses.• Leroy had quit his ward organization to run against the regular candidate for alderman.• Labour gained one seat but lost two in the by-election following appointment of aldermen.• Often he is resignedly mutilated by sour aldermen, by painfully fat lord mayors, by put-upon railway porters.• In other eras, the aldermen ran the city and plundered it.Origin alderman Old English ealdorman “governor in Anglo-Saxon England”, from ealdor “parent” + manal·der·man nounChineseSyllable town Corpus an city elected member or council of a |
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