喜樂美語

核心畫面

The single person who stands at the head of a town or city. The core picture is 'the one chosen to lead a town'; in Britain that same title can shrink to a mainly ceremonial role — the person who simply stands in for the town at public events.

可以想成「站在一座城鎮或城市最前面、代表它的那一個人」。核心畫面比較像「被選出來領導一座城的人」；在英國，同一個頭銜…更多收起可以想成「站在一座城鎮或城市最前面、代表它的那一個人」。核心畫面比較像「被選出來領導一座城的人」；在英國，同一個頭銜可以縮成偏儀式性的角色——只是在公開場合代表這座城出面的人。

One branch

城鎮之首

兩個意思都是「一座城的那個代表人物」，差別只在他手上有沒有實權：一個真的在治理，一個主要是出面、撐場面。

city leader · noun · B2

The person chosen by the people of a town or city to lead its government.

市長

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

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。

Mayorname

  • 1

    A surname from Anglo-Norman.

mayornoun/ˈmɛə̯/

  • 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.

    • The office of mayor has been the tomb of many political ambitions.
    • When the burdens of the Presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself that it could be worse—I could be a mayor of a city instead.
  • 2

    historicalSynonym of mair, various former officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.

  • 3

    obsoleterareA member of a city council.

  • 4

    obsoletehistoricalA high justice, an important judge.

  • 5

    A largely ceremonial position in some municipal governments that presides over the city council while a contracted city manager holds actual executive power.

  • 6

    A local VIP, a muckamuck or big shot reckoned to lead some local group.

    • In some parts the burlesque civic official was designated ‘Mayor of the Pig Market’.
    • The Mayor of Castro Street, that was Harvey's unofficial title.

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。