c. 1300, gouernour, "personal keeper, protector, guide;" late 14c., "one who governs, a ruler," from Old French governeor "prince, ruler, administrator; helmsman" (11c., Modern French gouverneur) and directly from Latin gubernatorem (nominative gubernator) "director, ruler, governor," originally "steersman, pilot" (see govern). Meaning "subordinate ruler; head of a province, etc." is from late 14c. Meaning "one charged with direction or control of an institution, etc." is from late 14c. Mechanical sense of "self-acting regulator" is from 1819. The adjective gubernatorial remembers the Latin form. There is a record of English governator from 1520s.
雙語例句
1. Duke was soundly defeated in this month's Louisiana governor's race.
杜克在本月的路易斯安那州長競選中大敗而歸。
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2. He is a candidate for the office of Governor.
他是州長候選人之一。
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3. He was widely respected as a wise and statesmanlike governor.
他作為一位睿智、具備政治家才干的州長而廣受尊崇。
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4. The man immediately responsible for this misery is the province's governor.
對這種不幸境況負有直接責任的人是該省的省長。
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5. They must choose between two evenly matched candidates for governor.