provost

英 ['pr?v?st] 美['provost]

近義詞president

暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?provosts;

provost 學(xué)院院長(zhǎng)，教務(wù)長(zhǎng)

來自古法語provost,來自拉丁語propositus,首長(zhǎng)，頭領(lǐng)，來自pro-,向前，在前，-posit,放置，詞源同position.后用于稱呼學(xué)院院長(zhǎng)或教務(wù)長(zhǎng)。

provost: provost: [OE] A provost is etymologically an official ‘placed before’ others – that is, put in charge of them. The word’s ancestor is Latin praepositus ‘superintendent’, a noun use of the past participle of praepōnere, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae- ‘in front’ and pōnere ‘put’ (source of English position, post, etc). In medieval Latin a variant form prōpositus emerged, which was borrowed into Old English as profost. This was supplemented in Middle English by the Anglo-Norman form provost.
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provost (n.): Old English profost, reinforced by Old French cognate provost, both from Late Latin propositus (reinforced by Old French cognate provost), from Latin propositus/praepositus "a chief, prefect" (source of Old Proven?al probost, Old High German probost, German Propst), literally "placed before, in charge of," from past participle of praeponere "put before" (see preposition). Provost marshal first recorded 1510s.

1. Norrine Bailey Spencer is the associate provost and director of undergraduate admissions.: 勞瑞拉貝雷斯賓塞是負(fù)責(zé)本科招生的協(xié)理主任.

2. The provost had the students out of his office in ten minutes.: 教務(wù)長(zhǎng)讓學(xué)生們10分鐘內(nèi)離開他的辦公室.

3. The secretary in the Provost's office asked me what has happened.: 院長(zhǎng)辦公室的秘書問我發(fā)生了什么事.

4. Vice Provost Huddleston says she's also seeing an increase in student transfers.: 哈德斯頓副校長(zhǎng)說,轉(zhuǎn)學(xué)學(xué)生的人數(shù)也在增加.

5. One of these was Provost Bost , administrator of the public school, Eton.: 其中一人是伊頓公學(xué)的主管, 博斯特院長(zhǎng).