mayor: [13] Mayor and major are ultimately the same word. The ancestor of mayor is Latin mājor ‘larger’, which reached English via medieval Latin mājor (used nominally as the title of various officials) and Old French maire. In Middle English the word was mair or mer, and mayor represents a partial return to the Latin form. => major
mayor (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French maire "head of a city or town government" (13c.), originally "greater, superior" (adj.), from Latin maior, major, comparative of magnus "great" (see magnum).
雙語例句
1. The person who embodies democracy at the local level is the mayor.
在地方上代表民主的人是市長。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Bradley will go down in history as Los Angeles' longest serving mayor.
布拉德利將作為洛杉磯任期最長的市長被載入史冊。
來自柯林斯例句
3. For his dedication the Mayor awarded him a medal of merit.
為表彰他的奉獻精神，市長授予他榮譽獎章。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The mayor's scheme offers incentives to firms setting up in lower Manhattan.
市長的方案激勵了打算在曼哈頓下城開業的公司。
來自柯林斯例句
5. In 1966, Pastor Albertz took over from him as governing mayor.