國家層級:政府首腦
這一族是「頂端的那個位置」用在整個國家上——歐陸幾個國家把政府最高負責人叫這個名字。
chancellor (head of government) · noun · C2
The leader of the government in some countries, such as Germany, or the main government minister in some others.
總理
One way to hold it: a very senior official who holds a title rather than a job description — the person at the top of a state, a treasury, or a university, whose exact power depends entirely on which country you are in.
From Latin cancellarius, originally the doorkeeper who stood at the cancelli (the lattice or bar separating the court from the public); the man at the barrier gradually became the man in charge.
這個字的來歷很值得記:拉丁文 cancelli 是法庭裡那道把官員和民眾隔開的格柵欄杆,站在欄杆旁邊的門房叫 cancellarius。守門的人天天經手要送進去的文件和要見官的人,久而久之從「守門的」變成「掌文書的」,再變成「掌權的」——一路爬到今天的總理和校長。所以這個字骨子裡帶著「守在關口、東西要經過他」的味道,這也解釋了為什麼它常跟印信、財政、正式文件連在一起。
Wiktionary/OED line given in the payload etymology tree (Latin cancer/cancelli > cancellarius), the doorkeeper at the lattice of a court.
Two branches
國家層級:政府首腦
這一族是「頂端的那個位置」用在整個國家上——歐陸幾個國家把政府最高負責人叫這個名字。
chancellor (head of government) · noun · C2
The leader of the government in some countries, such as Germany, or the main government minister in some others.
總理
大學層級:校長與名譽校長
中世紀的大學本來就是教會與王室體制的一部分,「頂端那個位置」的名稱因此原封不動被沿用進學術機構。
chancellor (ceremonial, UK university) · noun · C2
The person who officially represents a British university on special occasions, but who does not usually run it from day to day.
名譽校長
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Chancellornoun
An honorific for the head of state in various German-speaking states.
Chancellorname
A surname.
A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the Chancellor of Germany by settlers.
A place in the United States:
A place in the United States:
A place in the United States:
chancellornoun/ˈtʃɑːnsələ/
A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.
The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.
ChristianityA senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law.
educationThe head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.
The foreman of a jury.
lawThe chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one exercising equity jurisdiction).
board-gameschessgamesA fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the rook and the knight.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。