n. 1.总统[主席、议长等]的职位[任期]。 2.统辖;主宰,支配。 3.〔P-〕〔美国〕总统直辖的政府机构。 4.【历史】管辖区〔旧英属印度的马德拉斯等三大管区之一〕。 5.(摩门教的)三人评议会。
the office and function of president; "Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time" 同义词:presidentship,
the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration" 同义词:presidential term, administration,
The word presidency is often used to describe the administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified by a single elected man or woman who holds the office of "President," in practice, the presidency includes a much larger collective of people, such as chiefs of staff, advisers and other bureaucrats.
例句与用法
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Mr. beattie set up a claim to the presidency . 毕替先生声明他有权利当董事长。
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He was slated for the presidency . 他被提名作总统候选人。
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A foreign-born citizen is ineligible for the presidency . 外籍公民没有资格任总统。
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A governor is the best springboard to the presidency . 州长是跃上总统宝座最好的跳板。
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His election to the presidency was the apex of his career . 当选总统是他一生事业的顶峰。
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I propose mary davies as a candidate for the presidency . 我提名玛丽戴维斯为总裁候选人。
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It has been a chapter of the presidency he will want to forget . 这是他总统生涯中一段不堪回首的经历。
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Men with that capacity for self-abnegation do not reach a presidency . 具有那样自我克制能力的人根本当不了总统。
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His dogged pursuit of the presidency was turning into a national joke . 他还执拗地谋求总统职位变成了全国的笑柄。
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This work is not a comprehensive history of the kennedy presidency . 本书并不是一部全面叙述肯尼迪总统任期历史的著作。