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单词 preside
释义
preside
verb[I]
uk
/prɪˈzaɪd/us
/prɪˈzaɪd/
to be inchargeof aformalmeeting,ceremony, ortrial:
主持（会议或仪式）
Who would be thebestpersonto presideat/overthepublicenquiry?谁来主持公众调查最合适呢？
Judge Langdale is to presideovertheofficialenquiryinto thecase.兰代尔法官将主持这个案子的正式调查。
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presiding

Phrasal verb

preside oversomething
(Definition ofpresidefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

preside| American Dictionary

preside
verb[I]
us
/prɪˈzɑɪd/
to be inchargeof or tocontrolameetingorevent:
Thevicepresidentwill preside at today’smeeting.
(Definition ofpresidefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

preside| Business English

preside
verb[I]
uk
/prɪˈzaɪd/us
to be inchargeof aformalmeetingorceremony:
preside at sthThe Chairman shall preside atmeetingsof thestockholders.

Phrasal verb

preside over sth
(Definition ofpresidefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpreside

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More than others, they reward incumbents whopresideover strong national economies and punish those who do not.
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Commentators also observed a lack of uniformity in the attitudes and in the decisions of the judges who presided over the city's criminal courts.
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The presiding officer and the secretary or clerk are present, and clustered around them is a small group of members.
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A political organization was a churning mix of ambition and resentment and inertia over which leaders presided only by constant effort.
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In many of them, a local judge wouldpresideover the proceedings.
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Both areas had a history of economic decline presided over by inept and corrupt government.
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A suitable place provided with a good supply of water was chosen and the presiding deity was installed in the temple.
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These courts are presided over by a three-judge panel.
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It is not surprising, therefore, that princes sometimes found themselves presiding over the complete alienation of pledge objects from their domain.
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This involved the appointment of judges who personally presided over the annual distribution of plots and recorded the names of the beneficiaries.
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She presides only partially over the meaning of her text.
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His contention that the nation with the strongest labour force ' presided ' over world civilisation clearly implied a struggle with winners and losers.
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This ritualised relationship between the neophyte and the presiding initiate is conceived in terms of godparenthood : godchild (ahijado) to godfather (padrino).
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Nevertheless, the presiding argument - that "real readers" sometimes differed radically from their conceptual counterparts - is a persuasive one.
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These committees consist of three members: a presiding lawyer, an ethicist, and a physician.
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