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mayor

/ˈmeɪ̯.ɚ/ 名词 B1

中文: 市长

  1. The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, etc., formerly (historical) usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.
  2. Synonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
  3. A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power. (US)
  4. A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group. (figuratively)

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Lysander Starr, who was Mayor in 1890."
《The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes》,第77页 · B2
Her husband was once mayor of Gloucester.
《The Hound of the Baskervilles》,第49页 · C1
We have purchased permission to waive the usual delay; and at half-past two o’clock the Mayor of Marseilles will be waiting for us at the city hall.
《The Count of Monte Cristo》,第26页 · C1
The day after that in which the scene we have just described had taken place on the road between Bellegarde and Beaucaire, a man of about thirty or two-and-thirty, dressed in a bright blue frock coat, nankeen trousers, and a white waistcoat, having the appearance and accent of an Englishman, presented himself before the mayor of Marseilles.
《The Count of Monte Cristo》,第315页 · C1

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