| 单词 | constable |
| 释义 | constable noun[C] uk/ˈkʌn.stə.bəl/us/ˈkɑːn.stə.bəl/a Britishpoliceofficerof thelowestrank （英国最低级别的）警察，保安官See also police constable People who work for the police service
constable| American Dictionaryconstable noun[C] us/ˈkɑn·stə·bəl/(in the US) anofficialin atownorvillagehaving some of theresponsibilitiesof apoliceofficer Examplesofconstableconstable The gentry still controlled local courts and constables, useful for muscling their newly-mobile labor force back into the fields. From theCambridge English Corpus Around 300 police and special constables were on the scene, including thirty-six mounted police who charged and dispersed the crowd. From theCambridge English Corpus Both magistrates had 25 constables and 100 + 120 patrolmen each. From theCambridge English Corpus These include churchwardens' and constables' accounts, parish registers, wills and inventories, and tax lists. From theCambridge English Corpus Masters and constables arbitrated at a rate of about ten times that of commoners. From theCambridge English Corpus The special constables appointed to police industrial disputes were certainly not neutral. From theCambridge English Corpus The principal form this took was in the promotion of a system of 'special constables'. From theCambridge English Corpus She found the prince and theconstablemore than willing to come to an agreement. From theCambridge English Corpus Delegations of the civic authorities were present, accompanied by musicians, mace-bearers and constables. From theCambridge English Corpus After the presentation of the champions, assisted by servants and constables, the bulls were brought into the square. From theCambridge English Corpus Constableet al. (1998) formalized a large portion of finite automata theory and synthesized a provably correct algorithm for state minimization. From theCambridge English Corpus They also served as constables, oversees of the poor, even as churchwardens. From theCambridge English Corpus On being refused, he ordered the constables to break down the door, which they did. From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, evidence relating to village constables is limited. From theCambridge English Corpus Starting at the top of the political world, we first find the high-status burgesses, determined by their holding judicial office as master orconstable. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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