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
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Praetorian (adj.)
early 15c., from Latin praetorianus "belonging to a praetor," from praetor (see praetor). Praetorian Guard is from cohors praetoria, the bodyguard troop of a Roman commander or emperor. Hence modern figurative use for "defenders of an existing order."
1. A large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble.
充满野心勃勃、阿谀谄媚之人的庞大、腐败的官僚机构,既搞工作也搞麻烦.

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