- 11. 有名無實的、掛名的（如「掛名元首」）；2. 與標題同名的（如電影中和片名同名的角色）
Titular describes someone who holds the title of a job but not the power that should come with it. A titular head of state is called the king or the president, appears at ceremonies, signs papers — while other people actually decide things. The word quietly says: the name is real, the power is not. It comes before the noun ('the titular ruler', 'a titular chairman'), and it belongs to formal writing — news, history, . There is a second use you will meet in reviews and articles: the titular character or titular song is simply the one the book, film, or album is named after. 'The titular hero of Oliver Twist' means the hero called Oliver Twist. That use carries no criticism at all; it just means 'the one in the title'. Both uses come from the same idea — a title, a name given to something or someone.
組成From Latin titulus, 'a title, a label, an inscription' — the word painted on a sign — through French titulaire. So titular = 'having to do with the title'.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
titularadj/ˈtɪtjʊlə/
- 1
Of, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
- 2
Existing in name only; nominal.
- If these magnific titles yet remain / Not merely titular.
- 3
Named or referred to in the title.
- Macbeth is a titular character.
- That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain.
titularnoun/ˈtɪtjʊlə/
- 1
One who holds a title.
- 2
The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。