mid-14c., "civil or military official," from Old French prefect (12c., Modern French préfet) and directly from Latin praefectus "public overseer, superintendent, director," noun use of past participle of praeficere "to put in front, to set over, put in authority," from prae "in front, before" (see pre-) + root of facere (past participle factus) "to perform" (see factitious). Spelling restored from Middle English prefet. Meaning "administrative head of the Paris police" is from 1800; meaning "senior pupil designated to keep order in an English school" is from 1864. Related: Prefectorial.
例文
1. He was a prefect and house captain.
彼は班長兼社長です。
2.The Prefect was fond of the cant of diplomacy.
この警察局長は外交辞令が好きだ。
3.The Prefect ,had the fashion of calling everything "odd "that was beyond his comprehension.
警察局長は、彼の理解力を超えたすべてのことを「怪」と呼ぶことに慣れている。
The scum has calls from the prefect 's own office!