Tribune
['trɪbjuːn] or ['trɪbjun]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne.
(noun.) (ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests.
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解釋/意思:
(n.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls.
(n.) Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator.
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解釋/意思:
n. a magistrate elected by the Roman plebeians to defend their rights: a champion of popular rights: the raised platform from which speeches were delivered any platform or pulpit.—ns. Trib′unāte Trib′uneship.—adjs. Tribuni′tial Tribuni′cian Tribuni′tian.
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例句/造句/用法:
- In 1886, however, a machine was placed in the office of the _New York Tribune_ whose performances astonished and alarmed the old-time compositor. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The first rapid printing press of the Hoe Company was set up in the office of the _New York Tribune_ in 1871, and its maximum output was 18,000 an hour. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Emanuel stood a little apart from these; his countenance and eyes expressed strong choler; he held forth his hand with his tribune gesture. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I have also inserted portions of several letters written for the New York Tribune and the New York Herald. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- On every side of the circular area were little tribunes, or stations, for the use of speakers and auctioneers. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The plebeian power to stop business by the veto of their representatives, the tribunes, was fully exercised. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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