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词汇 viceroy
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Definition of viceroy in English:

viceroy

noun ˈvʌɪsrɔɪˈvaɪsˌrɔɪ
  • A ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.

    (代表君主的殖民地)总督

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The British named most of them after British kings and queens and viceroys.
    • Bosnia Herzegovina, for example, while it has a seat at the United Nations, is also administered by an international viceroy, Lord Paddy Ashdown.
    • These viceroys have in fact twice in the last century exercised their vice-regal powers to dismiss elected governments!
    • Of course, that's not the same as invading a country, but you get the idea: a viceroy / administrator tries to handle a fiercely resentful community.
    • The overriding authority, the viceroy, whatever you wish to call him, actually has a considerable control and power, but they must be clear and honest with the local population.
    • Central government remained under the control of the viceroy's Executive Council, but in the provinces a measure of self-government was conceded through the system known as dyarchy.
    • The U.N.-paid and U.N.-sanctioned rulers of both Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina exercise powers akin to erstwhile British viceroys.
    • The collapse of the Ottoman Empire following World War I and the dissolution of the British Raj three decades later replaced sultans with presidents and viceroys with prime ministers.
    • Having installed various Indian statesmen, religious figures and public benefactors in place of sundry British sovereigns, viceroys and generals, we have cheerfully proceeded to forget them.
    • Like the proconsuls of ancient Rome, the viceroy governed, administered, judged, superintended the royal treasury, was commander in chief of the army, and the vice patron of the church.
    Synonyms
    administrator, ruler, chief, leader, principal, head

Derivatives

  • viceroyal

  • adjective vʌɪsˈrɔɪəl
    • In Naples, these lawyers were often called togati, and the viceroyal administrations fostered them in all the Spanish territories in order to undermine the traditional nobility.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Still in use is the old viceroyal mosque, the Mesjid Raya.
      • In 1713 he had become maestro di cappella to the Marchese Stella, succeeding Alessandro Scarlatti, and organist of the viceroyal chapel.
      • When the Spanish Colony was established, one of the main objectives of the viceroyal administration was to obtain greater financial resources for the Crown.
      • During the viceroyal period in the New Spain, the building belonged to the Society of Jesus.
  • viceroyship

  • nounˈvʌɪsrɔɪʃɪpˈvaɪsˌrɔɪˌʃɪp
    • An audit found that the entire interim government budget during his viceroyship - US $8.8 billion - could not be accounted for, as there simply were no financial controls on it whatsoever.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sent back to Spain to legitimize the partners' position, he obtained a marquisate and viceroyship over the still to be won province, relegating Almagro to a subordinate position.
      • Peru was the richest province of all of Spanish America and the viceroyship of the area was a hugely important role.
      • As we said, there is very little disagreement with the longer reconstruction for the first 150 years, even to the 12-year viceroyship of Jeroboam II with Jehoash.

Origin

Early 16th century: from archaic French, from vice- 'in place of' + roi 'king'.

Definition of viceroy in US English:

viceroy

nounˈvīsˌroiˈvaɪsˌrɔɪ
  • 1A ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.

    (代表君主的殖民地)总督

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The U.N.-paid and U.N.-sanctioned rulers of both Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina exercise powers akin to erstwhile British viceroys.
    • Of course, that's not the same as invading a country, but you get the idea: a viceroy / administrator tries to handle a fiercely resentful community.
    • The collapse of the Ottoman Empire following World War I and the dissolution of the British Raj three decades later replaced sultans with presidents and viceroys with prime ministers.
    • These viceroys have in fact twice in the last century exercised their vice-regal powers to dismiss elected governments!
    • Like the proconsuls of ancient Rome, the viceroy governed, administered, judged, superintended the royal treasury, was commander in chief of the army, and the vice patron of the church.
    • Central government remained under the control of the viceroy's Executive Council, but in the provinces a measure of self-government was conceded through the system known as dyarchy.
    • The British named most of them after British kings and queens and viceroys.
    • Bosnia Herzegovina, for example, while it has a seat at the United Nations, is also administered by an international viceroy, Lord Paddy Ashdown.
    • The overriding authority, the viceroy, whatever you wish to call him, actually has a considerable control and power, but they must be clear and honest with the local population.
    • Having installed various Indian statesmen, religious figures and public benefactors in place of sundry British sovereigns, viceroys and generals, we have cheerfully proceeded to forget them.
    Synonyms
    administrator, ruler, chief, leader, principal, head
  • 2A migratory orange and black butterfly that closely resembles the monarch but is typically somewhat smaller. The caterpillar feeds on willow leaves, and the adult mimics the unpalatable monarch.

    Limenitis archippus, subfamily Limenitidinae, family Nymphalidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We mimic them as aptly as a viceroy butterfly mimics the colouration of a monarch.
    • I could tell a monarch butterfly from a viceroy, without eating it.
    • Take the oft-cited classic case of Batesian mimicry involving the dead-ringer resemblance between monarch and viceroy butterflies.

Origin

Early 16th century: from archaic French, from vice- ‘in place of’ + roi ‘king’.

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