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单词 mayor
释义
mayor
noun[C]
uk
/meər/us
/mer//ˈmeɪ.ɚ/
B2
apersonwho iselectedorchosentoleadthegroupwhogovernsatownorcity
市长
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mayoress
Examples
  • Theprimeministermetmanycivicleaders,includingthe mayor and theleadersof theimmigrantcommunities.
  • We need a mayor who istoughenough tocleanup thistown.
  • The mayor haspromisedtocleansethecityofdrugdealers.
  • The mayor and thecitycouncilareanxioustoavoidgettingentangledin thecontroversy.
  • They wereflatteredto beinvitedtodinnerby the mayor.
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  • municipality
  • parish council
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mayoral
(Definition ofmayorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mayor| American Dictionary

mayor
noun[C]
us
/ˈmeɪ·ər/
theelectedleaderof acityortown:
The mayorannouncedareorganizationof thepolicedepartment.

mayoral

adjective[not gradable]us
/ˈmeɪ·ə·rəl/
mayoralelections
(Definition ofmayorfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmayor

mayor
The powers that previous mayors enjoyed were seriously impeded, and they became powerless to solve citizens' economic and social problems.
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They visited themayor, the old people's home and other schools.
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The cry went up among the abbey party that themayorintended to remove the sanctuary men.
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This type of appeal was followed by many other progressive mayors.
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The author determined to meet some of these people and decided on a visit to the villagemayorto seek his aid.
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Like elected village chiefs, the currently nominated mayors find themselves in an ambiguous situation.
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Letters were written almost daily to prefects and sub-prefects, a little less frequently to mayors of other provinces, the districts and municipal employees.
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Those who had only recently been mayors or public officials or labour activists were of course included.
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The alertmayorwas particularly adept at locating a variety of political resources and mobilizing them to gain influence.
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The mayors' offices, which were the distribution centres at the local level, were not designed as high-security institutions.
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Crucially enough, although discharging important official duties, themayorwas paid no salary by the government.
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In practice, therefore, only a few households can provide themayor.
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In 1946 about two-thirds of the municipalities replaced themayorelected in 1938.
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The key feature in the mayor's style of resource mobilization was episodic and perhaps even ad hoc.
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The city'smayorhad worked for the bus company and was a powerful advocate of public transport.
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