n. (某些英国学校中负责维持纪律等的)学长; (法、意、日等国家的)地方行政长官; 省长; 县长 prefect的复数
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(尤指英国学校的)级长(协助管理低年级学生的高年级学生) In some schools, especially in Britain, a prefect is an older pupil who does special duties and helps the teachers to control the younger pupils.
N-COUNT 地方行政长官;地方政府部门领导 In some countries, a prefect is the head of the local government administration or of a local government department.
...the prefect of the city. 该市的市长
...the police prefect for the district of Mehedinti. 梅赫丁茨区的警长
I was the lead singer in the band that became the Prefects. 我曾是“级长”乐队前身的主唱。
And in a tiny junk shop full of broken wands, lopsided brass scales, and old cloaks covered in potion stains they found Percy, deeply immersed in a small and deeply boring book called prefects who gained power. 在一家堆满破破烂烂的魔杖、摇摇晃晃的铜天平和药渍斑斑的旧斗篷的旧货铺里,他们发现珀西正在聚精会神地读一本非常枯燥的书:《级长怎样获得权力》。
Prefects are students who endeavour to be positive role models and to provide leadership to the school. 级长由学生组成,他们要努力成为积极的榜样,同时在学校里起到领导作用。
SCHOOL headmaster once observed that he would regularly consult his prefects on the running of the establishment. 一位学校校长说,他会经常询问那些学生干部对于学校管理的看法。
There is a separate car or two at the front of the train for Hogwarts Prefects. 在列车的前部有一到两个隔间专供霍格沃兹的级长乘坐。
Where do the female prefects bathe? And does the mermaid on the wall watch people as they take baths? 女级长在哪里洗澡?墙上的人鱼偷看人洗澡吗?
Numerous prefects of the guard intrigued and fought for power, but the mass of the guard tended to stay neutral unless their own interests were directly involved. 无数禁卫军将领卷入阴谋策划或者权利争夺中,但大多数禁卫军部队却总是保持中立,除非牵涉到自己的切身利益。
Prefects of the police do not deem it possible that a cat can transform itself into a lion, that does happen, however, and in that lies the miracle wrought by the populace of paris. 警署署长们是绝不相信猫能变成狮子的,然而事实上却是可能的,而且那正是巴黎人民的奇迹。
It is necessary for the good of the country that we should be, like the rest of the world, prefects, fathers of families, rural police, and councillors of state. 祖国需要我们,和旁人一样,去做长官,做家长,做乡吏,做政府顾问。
The main reason is that the private capital is fit for the suppose from economy and the rule of substance prefects. 私营经济促进生产力发展的根本原因在于,私人产权符合经济人假设,符合物质利益原则。