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.
双语例句
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长竞选中大败而归。
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2. He is a candidate for the office of Governor.
他是州长候选人之一。
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3. He was widely respected as a wise and statesmanlike governor.
他作为一位睿智、具备政治家才干的州长而广受尊崇。
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4. The man immediately responsible for this misery is the province's governor.
对这种不幸境况负有直接责任的人是该省的省长。
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5. They must choose between two evenly matched candidates for governor.
