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- a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated摄政者, 摄政王。
2
- N. Amer. a member of the governing body of a university or other academic institution〈北美〉（大学或学术机构）董事; 评议员, 校务委员。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin regent- 'ruling', from the verb regere.