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praetorian [prɪ'toʊrɪrn]

n. （古罗马）执政官阶级的人;
adj. 执政官的，禁卫队的;

例句:

  • A large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble.
    充满野心勃勃、阿谀谄媚之人的庞大、腐败的官僚机构,既搞工作也搞麻烦.
  • Another guardian...called a praetorian guardian, because he was appointed by the praetor of the city.
    来自E. Poste
  • However the Praetorian Guard declared Caligula's uncle Claudius emperor instead, thus preserving the monarchy.
    来自THETIMES