potentate

常見(jiàn)例句

I went not into the forest to seek a potentate; neither do I, at any future time, design a visit thither, with a view to gaining the favour of such personage.
我到樹(shù)林里去，絕不是去找什么有權(quán)勢(shì)的人，而且在將來(lái)的任何時(shí)刻，我也沒(méi)有去那兒拜訪、謀求這樣一個(gè)人歡心的意圖。
IN EUROPE in the 16th and 17th centuries Moctezuma II, the Aztec potentate who submitted to Cortés and his Spanish conquistadors, was a figure of exotic fascination.
在16、17世紀(jì)的歐洲人看來(lái)，蒙特蘇馬（Moctezuma）二世，這位屈服于科爾特斯（Cortés）和西班牙殖民者的阿茲特克皇帝，是一個(gè)充滿著異域風(fēng)情的人物。
I will, before being admitted to citizenship, renounce absolutely and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty….
在被接受成為公民前，我將宣布絕對(duì)并永遠(yuǎn)放棄對(duì)任何外國(guó)王子、統(tǒng)治者、政府、或君主的效忠和忠誠(chéng)…

He looked younger than I'd expected, too young to be the potentate of Gardez.
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