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A presidium is a small group of people chosen to sit at the top of a large political organisation and speak for it. You meet the word most of all with communist states — the old Soviet Union had a Presidium, and news about China still uses the idea.
A presidium is a small group of peoplepresidium是一小群人 chosen to sit at the top of a large political organisation and speak for it被選出來坐在一個大型政治組織的最上層，代表這個組織發言 You meet the word most of all with communist states你最常在共產國家看到這個字 the old Soviet Union had a Presidium舊蘇聯就有一個Presidium and news about China still uses the idea而報導中國的新聞現在還是會用這個概念
It is formal, official language; nobody calls a school committee or a club committee a presidium.
It is formal, official language這是正式的官方用語 nobody calls a school committee or a club committee a presidium沒有人會把學校的委員會或社團的委員會叫做presidium
Though actually, the tidy picture of “the people in charge” hides something: a presidium is not one leader. It is a table of leaders, and the real power may sit with one person inside that group, or with someone whose name is not even on it.
Though actually不過其實 the tidy picture of the people in charge hides something「掌權的人」這個聽起來很整齊的印象背後藏著一些東西 a presidium is not one leaderpresidium不是一個領導人 It is a table of leaders而是一整桌的領導人 and the real power may sit with one person inside that group真正的權力可能落在這群人裡的某一個人身上 or with someone whose name is not even on it或是落在一個名字根本不在名單上的人身上
Do not mix it up with president, which is one person.
Do not mix it up with president不要跟president搞混 which is one person president指的是一個人
組成Borrowed from Russian прези́диум (prezídium), from Latin praesidium, a garrison or a body that sits out in front to protect. Doublet of praesidium and presidio.
同家族的字
- praesidiumthe same Latin word, kept in a more Latin spelling
- presidioa doublet: in English a presidio is a fort, especially in the Spanish-American world
原始詞典資料2 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。
presidiumnoun/pɹɪˈsɪdi.əm/
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A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess.
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Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet.
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。