名詞 prelate:

1. a senior clergyman and dignitary
   同義詞：archpriest, hierarch, high priest, primate

1. A young lady fall in love with the estimable prelate.
   一個年輕女士愛上了這位可尊敬的高級教士。
2. The office or station of a prelate.
   高級教士的職位或身份
3. South African prelate. A leader in the antiapartheid struggle, he has been a prominent advocate of international economic sanctions against South Africa. He won the1984 Nobel Peace Prize.
   圖圖，德斯蒙德生于1931南非主教。種族隔離斗爭的領袖，他是對南非的國際經(jīng)濟制裁的重要擁護者，他獲得了1984年諾貝爾和平獎
4. Do you know the name of that prelate?
   你知道那個高級教士的名字嗎？

prel.ate

n.（名詞）
A high-ranking member of the clergy, especially a bishop.
高級教士：牧師中的高級成員，尤指主教

來源：
Middle English prelat
中古英語 prelat
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Medieval Latin prael3tus
源自 中世紀拉丁語 prael3tus
from Latin [past participle of] praeferre [to carry before, to prefer]
源自 拉丁語 [] praeferre的過去分詞 [優(yōu)先，偏愛]
prae- [pre-]
prae- [前綴，表.先于….]
l3tus [brought] * see tel…-
l3tus [帶來的] *參見 tel…-

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prelat.ic