throne
noun/θrəʊn/
/θrəʊn/
Idioms - [countable] a special chair used by a king or queen to sit on at ceremonies
（国王、女王的）御座，宝座 - He sat very upright in his chair, as if he were a king on his throne.
他端坐在椅子上，像个坐在宝座上的国王。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- vacant
- imperial
- …
- ascend
- assume
- come to
- …
- on the throne
- somebody’s accession to the throne
- a claimant to the throne
- a pretender to the throne
- …
- He sat very upright in his chair, as if he were a king on his throne.
- the throne[singular] the position of being a king or queen
王位；王权；帝位 - Queen Elizabeth came/succeeded to the throne in 1952.
伊丽莎白女王于 1952 年即位／登基。 - on the throne when Henry VIII was on the throne (= was king)
亨利八世在位时 - Prince Charles is next in line to the British throne.
查尔斯王子是英国王位的第二顺位继承人。
Wordfinder- abdicate
- accede
- crown
- king
- government
- monarch
- throne
- reign
- royal
- succession
Extra Examples- The marriage failed to produce an heir to the throne.
这桩婚姻未能产生王位继承人。 - a claimant to the vacant Spanish throne
声称对空缺的西班牙王位拥有继承权者 - Republican revolutionaries toppled the king from his throne.
共和革命者推翻了国王的王位。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- vacant
- imperial
- …
- ascend
- assume
- come to
- …
- on the throne
- somebody’s accession to the throne
- a claimant to the throne
- a pretender to the throne
- …
- Queen Elizabeth came/succeeded to the throne in 1952.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French trone, via Latin from Greek thronos ‘elevated seat’.
Idioms
the (real) power behind the throne
- the person who really controls an organization, a country, etc. in contrast to the person who is legally in charge
太上皇；幕后操纵者 - His assistant was thought to be the real power behind the throne.
他的助手被认为是王位背后的真正权力者。
- His assistant was thought to be the real power behind the throne.