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

• On 1 December the presidency of the Security Council automatically transfers from the US to Yemen.
  12月1日，联合国安全理事会的轮值主席国职位自动地由美国移交给也门。
• This week, President Bush sent Congress the final budget of his presidency.
  本周，布什总统向国会递交了其总统任期内最后一份预算。
• 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。
• When she returns to Paris, she will find her page on the presidency's website has been removed.
  当她回巴黎时，她将发现自己在总统网站上的页面已经被移除了。
• 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。
• This seems to me the guiding principle of the Obama presidency.
  在我看来，这似乎是奥巴马总统的指导原则。
• 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。
• I'm terminating your presidency as of this moment.
  我此刻中止你的任期。
• He won the presidency; she did not.
  他赢得了总统大选；她却没有。
• This may represent the biggest risk in a Medvedev presidency.
  这也许代表着梅德韦杰夫总统任期内最大的风险。