Regency

['riːdʒ(ə)nsɪ] or ['ridʒənsi]

解释:

(noun.) the office of a regent.

(noun.) the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity.

(noun.) the period of time during which a regent governs.

整理:塞尔瓦托--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.

(a.) Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government.

(a.) A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability.

校对:内尔

解释:

n. the office jurisdiction or dominion of a regent: a body entrusted with vicarious government.—n. Rē′gence (obs.) government.

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