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单词 commissary
释义
commissary
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒm.ɪ.sər.i/us
/ˈkɑː.mə.ser.i/

commissarynoun[C](OFFICIAL)

agovernmentofficialwith aparticularresponsibility:
（政府的）代表，委员
In 1729 he wasappointedfinancialcommissary.1729年，他被任命为财务委员。
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commissarynoun[C](SHOP)

US
ashopthatsuppliesfoodandgoods,especiallytopeoplein thearmyor inprison
（尤指军队或监狱中的）食品杂货店
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(Definition ofcommissaryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • The middle of February began the removal of the ordnance and commissary stores by railroad to the south of the rivers in our rear.
  • There was no commissary department, there were no uniforms, no arrangements for ammunition, no small arms, no cannon, no resources to draw upon for all these necessaries of war.

Examplesofcommissary

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The commissaries therefore suspended their decision until the result of that action was known.
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However, from 1684 onwards the commissaries (judges) kept registers of extracted decreets, and process papers were also kept in a more systematic fashion.
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Likewise, in the commissary's court between 1589 and 1591 only 18 debt cases (13 per cent) had their origins in defaults from formal, written bonds.
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Most of them - twelve in 1608, thirteen in 1625, all fourteen in 1636 - were diocesan chancellors, commissaries, or archdeacon's officials.
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He could appoint commissaries to act on his behalf and remove them from office when necessary.
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In 1703 the bishop was still claiming that his commissaries were entitled to censure scandals among the laity.
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The act books of both the vice-chancellor's and commissary's courts are testimony to the increasing volume of wide-ranging litigation that occupied the university courts during this period.
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Although the royal letters patent allowed them to act on the bishop's behalf in attempting to supervise the clergy, the commissaries were not themselves in episcopal orders.
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As supervisory offices the document specified government agencies or commissaries to be granted the authority to inspect all fields and order the destruction of infested fields.
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Since the bishop's own authority was far from clearly defined, it was impossible to specify more exactly the powers of thecommissary.
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As the title implies, the office ofcommissarywas granted by revocable commission.
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Close examination of a run ofcommissarywills discloses common reliance on parishioners who may, quite intentionally, have been earning respect.
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Thecommissarydepartment employed a committee of officers to survey elephants whenever they were procured for public service.
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Perhaps we are dealing not with an inconsistentcommissaryso much as an inconsistent method of recording.
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In the latter, thecommissaryhad responsibility for testamentary matters only, the archdeacon for all others.
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