prefect
美音:
[´pri:´fekt
]英音:
[´pri:´fekt
]n.长官,各类官员
难易程度:
prefect为短语/超纲词汇
词根
fact=to make(做),to do(做,为) 变化型 fect
prefect
/'pri:fekt; `prifɛkt/
n
1 (esp Brit) any of a group of older pupils in a school who have authority over younger pupils and certain responsibilities for discipline, etc 学生长(中学的校级负有管理或维持纪律等责任的年长的学生).
2 (also Prefect)
(a) (title of the) chief administrative officer of an area in certain countries, eg France and Japan 某些国家中的地区最高行政长官(如法国的省长和日本的县长)或其官衔.
(b) head of the Paris police 巴黎警察局的局长.
prefect
n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin praefectus, from praeficere 'to put in front']
an older student in some British schools, who has special duties and helps to control younger students
a public official in some countries etc who is responsible for a particular area