presidency

英 [ˈprezɪdənsi]

美 [ˈprezɪdənsi]

n.  主席的职位(或任期等); 总统的职位(或任期等)

复数：presidencies　

CET6TOEFL

Collins.3 / BNC.5207 / COCA.3432

牛津词典

noun

• 主席的职位（或任期等）；总统的职位（或任期等）
  the job of being president of a country or an organization; the period of time sb holds this job
  1. the current holder of the EU presidency
     现任欧盟主席
  2. He was a White House official during the Bush presidency.
     他是布什任总统时的白宫官员。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 总统职位；总裁职位；主席职位
  Thepresidencyof a country or organization is the position of being the president or the period of time during which someone is president.
  1. Britain will support him as a candidate for the presidency of the organisation...
     英国会支持他竞选这个组织的主席职位。
  2. Poverty had declined during his presidency.
     在他担任总统期间，贫困人口减少了。

英英释义

noun

• the office and function of president
  1. Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time
  Synonym:presidentship
• the tenure of a president
  1. things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
  Synonym:presidential termadministration

双语例句

• They have been calling the Presidency decision a backroom deal.
  他们称总统人选问题是个幕后交易。
• The elections last Saturday were for four contests, the presidency, parliament, senate and local government.
  上个星期六举行了四场选举，包括总统、众议院、参议院和地方政府的选举。
• He achieved the presidency of this university.
  他获得了这个大学的校长职位。
• He won the presidency; she did not.
  他赢得了总统大选；她却没有。
• He is set to pulverise his two opponents in the race for the presidency.
  他决心在总统竞选中彻底击垮他的两个对手。
• The tensions of the Nixon presidency were replaced by the plain vanilla administration of a friendly, middle-aged, middle-class man from the Middle West.
  尼克松时代的紧张局面被一届平淡无奇的政府所取代，继任总统温和友善，正值中年，出身中产阶级，来自中西部。
• The presidency is beginning to appear a political irrelevance
  总统一职似乎正在沦为政治上的摆设。
• You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency.
  然而你必须记住这一切不是为你而进行的，是为了总统这个职位的。
• This cleared him to contest the presidency.
  这个宣判也扫清了他竞选“总统”的障碍。
• You are not going to be able to hide behind the presidency.
  你再也不能隐藏在你总统的权力下了。