喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/ˌprezɪˈdenʃəl/總統的

    Relating to a president or to the job of being a president.

    Relating to a president與總統有關 or to the job of being a president或與擔任總統這份工作有關

    示範例句 · Example

    The presidential election happens once every four years in many countries.

    逐字總統選舉在許多國家每四年舉行一次。

    「presidential」是形容詞，意思是「和總統有關的」——跟總統這個人、這個職位或這場選舉有關。它是從名詞 president（總統）加字尾 -ial 變來的。常見搭配像 presidential election（總統選舉）、presidential candidate（總統候選人）。它放在名詞前面用，不放在 be 動詞後面單獨用。

    常見搭配

    • presidential election

      總統選舉

      a vote to choose a president

      People lined up early to vote in the presidential election.

    • presidential candidate

      總統候選人

      a person who is trying to become president

      The young presidential candidate answered questions calmly.

    • presidential palace

      總統府

      the official home or office of a president

      Tourists took photos in front of the presidential palace.

core核心畫面

The adjective form of president: it labels whatever belongs to that office — the election that fills it, the palace that houses it, the powers that come with it.

這是 president 的形容詞形，用來標示「屬於總統這個位子的東西」：選這個位子的選舉、住這個位子的官邸、這個位子帶來的權力。所以它後面接的名詞決定了整個詞組在講什麼。

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。

presidentialadj/pɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/

  • 1

    Pertaining to a president or presidency.

    • Take the New Right's full-throated embrace of protectionism and industrial policy. This romance with protectionism started in the 1990s with former GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, gained enormous traction under former President Donald Trump, and is still going strong today.
  • 2

    obsoletePresiding or watching over.

  • 3

    With the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified.

    • I feel my age and supposed status mean I am permanently required to be in presidential mode. And I mean this in the old sense of “presidential”, meaning magnanimous, patient and generous, rather than in the modern sense of presidential, meaning being a corrupt, pussy-grabbing racist.
  • 4

    CatholicismChristianityRoman-Catholicism(of prayers) addressed to God on behalf of the congregation by the presiding priest

    • These prayers are addressed to God in the name of the entire holy people and all present, by the priest who presides over the assembly in the person of Christ. It is with good reason, therefore, that they are called the "presidential prayers."

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。