单词 | governor |
释义 | governor n 1 (a) person appointed to govern a province or state (esp a colony abroad) 省长; 州长; (尤指海外殖民地的)总督 a provincial governor 省长. (b) elected head of each state in the USA (美国的)州长 the Governor of New York State 纽约州州长. 2 (a) head of an institution 机构首脑 a prison governor 监狱长 the governor of the Bankof England 英格兰银行总裁. (b) member of a governing body 行政机构的成员 the board of governors of a school, college, hospital, etc 学校、 学院、 医院等的董事会. 3 (Brit infml 口) (a) (also guvnor ) person having power or authority over the speaker, eg an employer or a father 顶头上司(如雇主或父亲):I shall have to ask permission from the/my governor. 我需求得顶头上司的允许. (b) (also guv , guvnor) (used by a man when addressing another man, esp one of higher social status 用作男子对男子的称谓, 尤用於社会地位比自己高的人) Can I see your ticket, guvnor? 先生, 我能看看您的票吗? 4 (engineering 工) mechanism that controls automatically the speed, temperature, etc of a machine 机器上自动调速、 调温等装置. |
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