praetorian的中文翻譯是什麼意思

praetorian

US/prɪ'toʊrɪrn/
UK/pri:'tɔ:rɪən/

n. (古羅馬)執政官階級的人

adj. 執政官的,禁衛隊的

praetorian英文釋義

Adjective

1. of or relating to a Roman praetor;

  • praetorial powers

2. characteristic of Praetorian soldiers in respect to corruption or political venality;

  • a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.