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单词 presidency
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presidency
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈprez.ɪ.dən.si/us
/ˈprez.ɪ.dən.si/
B2
thejobof beingpresident, or theperiodwhen someone is apresident:
总统职务（或任期）
He hasannouncedthat he isrunningfor the presidency.他已宣布参加总统竞选。
Shewonthe presidency by awidemargin.她以高额票数当选总统。
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  • Thepresentconstitutiongivessupremeauthorityto the presidency.
  • In arun-offfor the presidency of theassembly, SantosbeatGutierez.
  • herlongpresidency
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People in charge of or controlling other people
(Definition ofpresidencyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

presidency| American Dictionary

presidency
noun[C]
us
/ˈprez·ɪ·dən·si,-əˌden-/
politics & government
thepositionof beingpresident, or thelengthoftimeduring which someone ispresident:
theofficeof the presidency
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidencylastedmore than 12years.
(Definition ofpresidencyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpresidency

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One last element of the amendment aimed to resolve the problem of alternation in power by fixing exactly the line of succession to thepresidency.
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The parliamentary decisions taken by the party depended, at the end of the day, on who held thepresidencyof the group.
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The first, chronologically, is the 'feud' that opposed a group of secretaries of the board to itspresidencyregarding their access to 7th rank positions.
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Each party wanted to hold thepresidencyfirst because of uncertainty over whether the pact would hold in subsequent rounds.
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He drew large, friendly crowds, and thought this proved support for both hispresidencyand the new law.
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This system produces immobilizing institutional deadlock in the form of divided government with competing majorities in thepresidencyand the legislature.
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Among other measures this stipulated that thepresidencywould alternate between the two parties.
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Another peculiar facet of the authoritarian regime involved the rotation of thepresidencyamong the top leaders of the armed forces.
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Ideas of leadership are not limited to thepresidency.
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Now for my fourth and final point, the overstaffing of thepresidencyand what it may contribute to the gap between expectations and performance.
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Unlike the civilian politicians who might have been more suitable for thepresidency, they were national heroes even before they moved into the national palace.
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Having a reactivepresidencyestablishes a more complex policy-bargaining process, but one in which - unlike in the proactive cases - legislators remain in the driver's seat.
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The power of thepresidencywas reduced and, even more evidently, the previously over-riding political role of the central bureaucracy was much diminished.
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To date, this system of governance has produced a divided government in which different parties control thepresidencyand the legislature at the same time.
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Some rank-and-file legislators prefer to take their chances with powerful presidencies rather than countenance the emergence of strong party leadership.
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