late 14c., title of an official in ancient Rome, from Latin tribunus "magistrate" (specifically one of the officers appointed to protect the rights and interests of the plebeians from the patricians), originally "head of a tribe" (in the Roman sense), from tribus (see tribe). Also "raised platform" (1762), from Italian tribuna, from Medieval Latin tribuna, from Latin tribunal in its classical sense "platform for the seats of magistrates in ancient Rome."
雙語例句
1. Clarence Page is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
克拉倫斯·佩奇是《芝加哥論壇報》的專欄作家。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Allan gave an interview to the Chicago Tribune newspaper last month.
艾倫上個月接受了《芝加哥論壇報》的采訪。
來自柯林斯例句
3. For a time Octavian was consul, then proconsul and eventually a tribune.
屋大維曾做了一段時間的執(zhí)政官, 然后是總督,最后是保民官.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 文明史
4. He became a reporter for the Herald Tribune.
他成為《先驅(qū)論壇報》的記者.
來自辭典例句
5. The American newspaper New Tribune, founded by Horace Greeley , was first published.