syndic
noun[C]
(alsoSyndic)uk/ˈsɪn.dɪk/us/ˈsɪn.dɪk/in somecountries, apersonwith anofficialpositioningovernment,localgovernment, etc.:
辛迪加,市政官,商业代表Municipalpresidents,aldermen(regidores), and syndics (síndicos),chosenbydirectpopularelection, may not be reelected for thetermimmediatelyfollowing.由直接普选选出的市政主席、市议员 (regidores) 和商业代表 (síndicos) 不得连任下一任期。
in theUK, apersonwhohelpsdealwith thebusinessaffairsof auniversityor otherlargepublicorganization:
英国大学财务理事或大型公众机构官员Heleftto the Fitzwilliam Museum, of which he had been a syndic from 1934 to 1957, twenty-fourworksby Degas.他向剑桥菲茨威廉博物馆捐赠了二十四幅德加的画作,一九三四到一九五七年间,他曾是这座博物馆的财务理事。
amemberof acommittee(= asmallgroupofpeoplethat makesdecisionsorcollectsinformationfor alargerorganization)at the University of Cambridge whodealswithmattersaffectingCambridge University Press, forexampleas to whichbooksarepublished:
剑桥大学出版社理事会评审员The syndics of the Cambridgepresswereproposingto re-edit Thomas Stanley's Aeschylus.剑桥大学出版社的编审人员提议重新编辑托马斯·斯坦利的《埃斯库罗斯》。
- In 1739 a syndic wasevenelectedto takechargeof thefencearound thevillagecommon.
- He wasinvitedsimultaneouslytobecomesyndic andoratorto thetownof Metz and to apostwith the Papal legate at Avignon.
- The lasthalfof the sixteenthcenturysawtheemergenceoffigureslike the Mayor of Bremen and Syndic of the HanseaticLeague, Henry Kreffting.
- Chadwick alsoservedas a Delegate to theOxfordUniversity PressthroughouthistimeinOxford(and at Cambridgeservedas a Syndic toitsUniversity Press).
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