mid-14c., "civil or military official," from Old French prefect (12c., Modern French préfet) and directly from Latin praefectus "public overseer, superintendent, director," noun use of past participle of praeficere "to put in front, to set over, put in authority," from prae "in front, before" (see pre-) + root of facere (past participle factus) "to perform" (see factitious). Spelling restored from Middle English prefet. Meaning "administrative head of the Paris police" is from 1800; meaning "senior pupil designated to keep order in an English school" is from 1864. Related: Prefectorial.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He was a prefect and house captain.
他是班長(zhǎng)兼社長(zhǎng)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The Prefect was fond of the cant of diplomacy.
這位警察局長(zhǎng)很愛好外交辭令.
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. The Prefect, had the fashion of calling everything " odd " that was beyond his comprehension.
警察局長(zhǎng)習(xí)慣于把超過他理解能力以外的一切事情都叫做 “ 怪 ”.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. The scum has calls from the prefect's own office!
那個(gè)人渣從地方長(zhǎng)官的辦公室打來(lái)電話!
來(lái)自電影對(duì)白
5. I prefect to see your head turn light to black.