| 释义 |
vice-ˈconsul
[vice-. So med.L., F., Sp., Pg. vice-consul, It. viceconsolo.]
†1. A Roman proconsul. Obs.
1559Bp. Scot in Strype Ann. Ref. (1709) I. App. x. 33 Certeyn wycked persons..brought hym before their vice⁓consul, called Gallio. 1579–80North Plutarch (1595) 346 The author of this epigramme reckoneth the two times of his being viceconsull, for two whole Consulshippes. 1601Holland Pliny II. 526 Aterius Labeo, a noble man of Rome,..who otherwise had been vice-Consull in Gallia Narbonensis.
2. An assistant or deputy of a consul.
1601W. Parry Trav. Sir A. Sherley 10 The English consulls and vice consulls. 1702W. J. Bruyn's Voy. Levant xxxii. 121 The next Morning we waited upon the Vice-Consul. c1744in Hanway Trav. (1762) I. v. lxxi. 327 Which oath or affirmation, the said embassador, agent, resident, consul or vice-consul respectively, is hereby authorized to administer. 1788Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 495 The consul's presence in his port should suspend, for the time, the functions of the vice-consul. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 713 If there be a resident consul, the vice-consul is appointed and paid by him. 1882Ld. Acton Let. to Mary Gladstone 9 Mar. (1904) 128 The Vice-Consul is a singularly intelligent and practical man.
Hence vice-ˈconsular a., vice-ˈconsulate, vice-ˈconsulship.
1587Golding De Mornay xxiii. (1592) 344 In Afrik they sacrifized men, vntill in the Viceconsulship of Tyberius. 1819Byron Let. to Murray 29 Oct., You say nothing of the vice-consulate for the Ravenna patrician. 1836Marryat Midsh. Easy (1863) 164 They found Mr. Hicks looking very red and vice-consular indeed. 1844Kinglake Eothen vii, The only anomaly which had been detected by the vice⁓consular wisdom. 1885Manch. Exam. 12 Jan. 5/1 We should re-establish our two vice-consulates in the interior of Macedonia. |