sheriff
美音:
[´ʃerəf
]英音:
[´ʃerəf
]n.郡治安官,州长
难易程度:
sheriff为短语/超纲词汇
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-iff 表示“人”的名词字尾
sheriff
/'ʃerɪf; `ʃɛrɪf/
n
1 (often 常作 High `Sheriff) chief officer of the Crown in counties and certain cities of England and Wales, with legal and ceremonial duties (英格兰和威尔士某些地区或城市的)行政长官, 郡长. Cf 参看 reeve 1.
2 chief judge of a district in Scotland (苏格兰的)司法长官.
3 (in the US) chief officer responsible for enforcing the law in a county (美国的)县治安官.
sheriff
n[C][
Language: Old English;Origin: scirgerefa, from scir
'area with its own government' + gerefa
'person in charge of an area']
an elected law officer of a
county in the US
alsoHigh Sheriffthe representative of the King or Queen in a
county of England and Wales, who has mostly ceremonial duties
the most important judge in a
district or
county in Scotland
1. Or the honest-but-framed cowboy, or the sheriff made suspect by vicious gossip; 诚实却遭陷害的牛仔或因流言蜚语蒙受嫌疑的司法官。
2. He was a arrested by the sheriff. 他被保安官逮捕了.
3. And if he found it necessary to shoot a sheriff or rob a bank along the way, 如果他认为在进行过程中有必要枪击一个司法官或抢劫一个银行,
4. ´I´m sheriff here. Do you see that notice? It says "No Camping"----in case you can´t read!´ "我是这里的司法长官。你们看到那个布告牌了吗?上面写着´禁止野营´--除非你们不识字!"
5. ´Look, sheriff,´ said Rockwall, ´don´t be too hard on us. I´m Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.´ "好了,好了,司法官,"罗克沃尔说,"别使我们难堪。我是罗克沃尔.斯林格,这位是默林.格里夫斯。"
6. ´Oh, is it?´ said the sheriff with a sneer. ´Well, I´m Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here fast!´ "噢,是吗?"那位司法长官冷笑一声说道,"好,我就是布林克斯利.米尔斯。我还有一个名字叫格格利亚.格利姆。现在你们赶快滚吧!"
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