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单词 protégé
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Definition of protégé in English:

protégé

noun ˈprɒtəʒeɪˈprəʊtəʒeɪ
  • A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.

    受保护人,门生;门客

    Ruskin submitted his protégé's name for election

    拉斯金提自己的门生为候选人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His protégés were placed in important administration jobs; he was on the boards of several start-up companies and advised others about how to deal with the administration.
    • He was a protégé of Big Joe Williams and friends with Sonny Boy Williamson and Tommy Johnson.
    • Many of the heroes of Waterford's memorable Munster hurling final victory over Tipperary in 2002 were his protégés, and his legacy is in every sense a lasting and healthy one.
    • Dominated by such generals as Wolseley, Roberts and Kitchener, it operated through patronage, protectors and protégés rather than institutional mechanisms.
    • Ignoring the comments of his fellow players he went and hugged his former protégé.
    • In fact, the jockeying has already begun to determine places for China's next generation of leaders, with office-holders keen to push their own allies and protégés.
    • Wiener and von Neumann were both protégés, religious protégés, of Bertrand Russell, who had introduced the attempt to reduce to simple arithmetic, linear methods everything in the universe.
    • The present regime may ‘cast away’ some of its former protégés, but these groups appear to be determined to challenge their creators in more ingenious ways than one.
    • Informally they exert a great deal of influence on today's military, filled as it is with their former subordinates and protégés.
    • Ray plans to present Louis, his protégé and dirty errand boy, as the prototype of the New Working Man.
    • Coaches will be watching jealously over their protégés, hoping to turn around and find a spin bowler of international calibre or a young man with spectacular wrist action and footwork to match.
    • None of the imitations came close to success, which may have persuaded Gordy - a songwriter himself - to encourage the search for originality among his protégés.
    • Frankie's days have been characterized by pushing his protégés to the brink of success and then pulling back for fear of having them embarrassed or not able to protect themselves.
    • The maverick Svengali continues to gather followers and protégés.
    • Will the devious Valentinov succeed in taking revenge on his former protégé?
    • Felt mastered the art of succinct, just-the-facts-ma'am memo writing, which appealed to the meticulous Hoover, who made him one of his closest protégés.
    • These teenagers are not protégés, but they can be witty, self-assured and eccentric.
    • Like any good manager he has handled his young protégé with kid gloves.
    • The other is a nautical protégé and disinherited son of some influential merchant along the coast.
    • Brezhnev, a protégé and supporter of Khrushchev, fainted in one of them and had to be revived in a nearby room.
    Synonyms
    pupil, student, trainee, apprentice
    disciple, follower, discovery, ward, dependant, charge, mentee
    archaic fosterling

Origin

Late 18th century: French, literally 'protected', past participle of protéger, from Latin protegere 'cover in front' (see protect).

Definition of protégé in US English:

protégé

(also protege)
noun
  • A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.

    受保护人,门生;门客

    he was an aide and protégé of the former Tennessee senator
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wiener and von Neumann were both protégés, religious protégés, of Bertrand Russell, who had introduced the attempt to reduce to simple arithmetic, linear methods everything in the universe.
    • Felt mastered the art of succinct, just-the-facts-ma'am memo writing, which appealed to the meticulous Hoover, who made him one of his closest protégés.
    • Coaches will be watching jealously over their protégés, hoping to turn around and find a spin bowler of international calibre or a young man with spectacular wrist action and footwork to match.
    • The maverick Svengali continues to gather followers and protégés.
    • Like any good manager he has handled his young protégé with kid gloves.
    • These teenagers are not protégés, but they can be witty, self-assured and eccentric.
    • Dominated by such generals as Wolseley, Roberts and Kitchener, it operated through patronage, protectors and protégés rather than institutional mechanisms.
    • His protégés were placed in important administration jobs; he was on the boards of several start-up companies and advised others about how to deal with the administration.
    • Ignoring the comments of his fellow players he went and hugged his former protégé.
    • The other is a nautical protégé and disinherited son of some influential merchant along the coast.
    • In fact, the jockeying has already begun to determine places for China's next generation of leaders, with office-holders keen to push their own allies and protégés.
    • He was a protégé of Big Joe Williams and friends with Sonny Boy Williamson and Tommy Johnson.
    • None of the imitations came close to success, which may have persuaded Gordy - a songwriter himself - to encourage the search for originality among his protégés.
    • Ray plans to present Louis, his protégé and dirty errand boy, as the prototype of the New Working Man.
    • Informally they exert a great deal of influence on today's military, filled as it is with their former subordinates and protégés.
    • The present regime may ‘cast away’ some of its former protégés, but these groups appear to be determined to challenge their creators in more ingenious ways than one.
    • Will the devious Valentinov succeed in taking revenge on his former protégé?
    • Many of the heroes of Waterford's memorable Munster hurling final victory over Tipperary in 2002 were his protégés, and his legacy is in every sense a lasting and healthy one.
    • Frankie's days have been characterized by pushing his protégés to the brink of success and then pulling back for fear of having them embarrassed or not able to protect themselves.
    • Brezhnev, a protégé and supporter of Khrushchev, fainted in one of them and had to be revived in a nearby room.
    Synonyms
    pupil, student, trainee, apprentice

Origin

Late 18th century: French, literally ‘protected’, past participle of protéger, from Latin protegere ‘cover in front’ (see protect).

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