ombudsman: [20] The word ombudsman, denoting an ‘investigator of public complaints’, was introduced into English from Swedish, and was first used as a quasi-official term in the 1960s: New Zealand was the first Englishspeaking country to introduce such a post, in 1962, and Britain followed four years later. The Swedish word is a descendant of Old Norse umbothsmathr, literally ‘administration-man’; and umboth was originally a compound of um ‘about’ and both ‘command’ (a relative of English bid). => bid
ombudsman (n.)
1959, from Swedish ombudsman, literally "commission man" (specifically in reference to the office of justitieombudsmannen, which hears and investigates complaints by individuals against abuses of the state); cognate with Old Norse umboesmaer, from umboe "commission" (from um- "around," see ambi-, + boe "command," see bid (v.)) + maer "man" (see man (n.)).
雙語例句
1. If the bank is unhelpful take it up with the Ombudsman.
銀行要是不肯幫忙，就去找申訴專員。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The leaflet explains how to complain to the banking ombudsman.
這份傳單介紹了如何向銀行意見調查官投訴。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The Ombudsman is not subject to political pressure.
司法特派員不受任何政治壓力的制約.
來自新概念英語第三冊
4. If a citizen's complaint is justified, the Ombudsman will act on his behalf.
如果公民的意見正確, 司法特派員便為他伸張正義.
來自新概念英語第三冊
5. There is nothing secretive about the Ombudsman's work, for his correspondence is open to public inspection.