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单词 prefect
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prefect
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpriː.fekt/us
/ˈpriː.fekt/

prefectnoun[C](OFFICIAL)

(in somecountries) a veryimportantofficialin thegovernmentor thepolice:
（某些国家的）地方行政长官，警察局长
He has beenappointedPrefect of Bologna.他被任命为博洛尼亚地方行政长官。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People who work for the police service
  • beadle
  • bobby
  • cadet
  • chief constable
  • constable
  • family liaison officer
  • fed
  • FLO
  • G-man
  • Garda
  • outrider
  • patrolman
  • pig
  • police
  • police constable
  • police officer
  • policeman
  • superintendent
  • Supt
  • WPC
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International relations: international politics & government

prefectnoun[C](STUDENT)

(in some British and Australianschools) anolderstudentwho is given someauthorityandhelpstocontroltheyoungerstudents
（英国和澳大利亚某些学校中的）学长
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Students & pupils
  • -grader
  • alumna
  • alumnus
  • attrition
  • batch
  • batchmate
  • entrant
  • graduate
  • homeschooler
  • infant
  • intern
  • internship
  • learner
  • pupil
  • schoolboy
  • schoolchild
  • schoolgirl
  • schoolmate
  • send
  • theologian
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(Definition ofprefectfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprefect

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Like dissident staff members, prefects mobilized in council against the headmaster's leadership.
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The prefects regarded public order as their priority, intervening only in case of conflicts between the refugees and their host communities.
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I am glad to say that there are 20 prefects, 12 of which are completely in operation, of war-time nurseries in the rest centres.
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Later, school prefects administered an automatic cumulative points system for enforcing discipline, punctuality and tidiness at school.
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We do not need prefects in order to develop our own initiatives.
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Another reason why the public schools do not have very much crime is that the main burden of discipline falls upon the prefects.
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He said that some kippers were stolen from the dining room some days before and that he told the prefects they must produce the culprits.
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At one period discipline was conducted by the prefects.
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The purpose of road prefects is both narrower and wider than the purpose of the patrols.
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They have systems of prefects by which the discipline of the school is largely maintained by the boys themselves.
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We have our juniors, our seniors, the prefects and the remove.
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There is nothing to stop a country giving powers to prefects to deal with it as long as there is a right of appeal.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Such boys are given opportunities; they become prefects and play an active part in the life of the school.
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Among the prefects of a school, very few are usually popular.
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I hope that it will not make recommendations, trying to turn us into a sort of prefects' council, but there is an issue here which ought to be investigated, quietly.
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