| 单词 | overlord |
| 释义 | overlord noun[C] uk/ˈəʊ.və.lɔːd/us/ˈoʊ.vɚ.lɔːrd/apersonin apositionofpower,especiallyin the past （尤指旧时的）领主，大王，霸主Synonym master People in charge of or controlling other people
Examplesofoverlordoverlord She carried out her basic responsibilities to her people, her allies and heroverlordin the same manner as other land chiefs. From theCambridge English Corpus Submission sometimes led to incorporation, but often to a tenuous relation between reluctant subjects and distrusted overlords. From theCambridge English Corpus There they provided all sorts of services for their overlords. From theCambridge English Corpus They could pay overlords what they asked for, or they could vote with their feet and hope for the best. From theCambridge English Corpus On the one hand, it signified the premodernoverlord/tributary relationship. From theCambridge English Corpus Around 5,000 years ago, in fertile river valleys bordered by mountains and deserts, subjects started to pay overlords labor and taxes. From theCambridge English Corpus Government officials subtly criticized their political overlords for failing to commit enough resources to their particular area of concern. From theCambridge English Corpus The section below will argue that such similarities can be seen in investiture rituals-that is, confirmation rituals by anoverlordof lesser individuals not necessarily from the same community. From theCambridge English Corpus In all three cases factors such as size of the communities, their social and economic stratification and relation to their overlords determined politics and their changes over time. From theCambridge English Corpus It is not anoverlordwe have but an overloading. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the question of the "overlord" has been made clear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is real power of co-ordination given in the sense that the other overlords have real power? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let me first deal with the major matter concerned with the whole question of what has been referred to as "overlord-ship". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Setting up an all-powerfuloverlordto peer over people's shoulders, able at any time to wield immense powers of intervention, might encourage that defensive mentality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has no general powers of surveillance over the polytechnics and colleges and it is not anoverlord. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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