Praetorian
英 [priː'tɔːrɪən]
美
- adj. 执政官的；禁卫队的
- n. 执政官阶级的人；罗马御卫队之一员
英英释意
- 1. of or relating to a Roman praetor;
- "praetorial powers"
- 2. characteristic of Praetorian soldiers in respect to corruption or political venality;
- "a large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious...and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble"- Arthur M.Schlesinger Jr.