英単語

presidentの意味・使い方・発音

president

英 ['prezɪd(ə)nt] 美 ['prɛzɪdənt]
  • n. 社長、会長、理事長

語源


大統領 主席,总统,总裁

preside、主宰する、大統領として行動する、-ent、人から。

英語の語源


president
president: [14] A president is etymologically simply someone who ‘presides’. The word comes via Old French president from Latin praesidēns, the present participle of praesidēre ‘superintend’ (it literally meant ‘sit in front of’ – it was formed from the prefix prae- ‘before’ and sedēre ‘sit’ – and it has given English preside [17]). Another Latin derivative was the noun praesidium ‘garrison, fortification’, which English has acquired via Russian prezídium as presidium [20].
=> preside, presidium, sit
president (n.)
late 14c., "appointed governor of a province; chosen leader of a body of persons," from Old French president and directly from Latin praesidentum (nominative praesidens) "president, governor," noun use of present participle of praesidere "to act as head or chief" (see preside).

In Middle English of heads of religious houses, hospitals, colleges and universities. First use for "chief executive officer of a republic" is in U.S. Constitution (1787), from earlier American use for "officer in charge of the Continental Congress" (1774), a sense derived from that of "chosen head of a meeting or group of persons," which is from Middle English. It had been used of chief officers of banks from 1781, of individual colonies since 1608 (originally Virginia) and heads of colleges since mid-15c. Slang shortening prez is recorded from 1883. Fem. form presidentess is attested from 1763.

例文


1. The President 's speeches are regularly reproduced verbatim in the state-run newspapers.
大統領の演説は、通常、国有紙に一字も違わず掲載される。

2.The president beat his breast and called that deal a mistake.
総裁は、それは間違った取引だと地団駄を踏んだ。

3.The President 's unescorted vehicle was ambushed just outside the capital.
首都を出たとたん、大統領が護衛していない車が待ち伏せ攻撃を受けた。

4. President Castro has warned Cubans to prepare for a profound economic emergency.
カストロ議長は、キューバ国民に深刻な経済危機状況に備えるよう注意した。

5.I think that the vice president was in the loop.
副大統領は局内人だと思います。

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