请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 rotativist
释义 rotativist, a. (and n.)|ˈrəʊtətɪvɪst, rəʊˈteɪt-|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by rotativism in politics. Also ellipt. as n. Also transf.
1909Spectator 12 June 918/2 The late King [of Portugal] yielded to the intrigues of the ‘rotativist’ parties.1917G. Young Portugal vi. 217 The collapse of the Portuguese colonial empire must come with the continuance of the struggle between rotativist Royalism and revolutionary Republicanism.1926Glasgow Herald 24 Dec. 4/7 They recalled the indifference of the electorate on the frequent occasions of general elections by order of the Rotativists.1929Camb. Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) III. 253 A regular ‘rotativist’ arrangement made by the son of Smendes with the Thebans by which he was to be succeeded by the Theban high-priest..and he again by a Tanite.
2. That relates to rotative movement. rare.
1939A. J. Toynbee Study of Hist. VI. 173 Stoic and Epicurean philosophers who apparently were not put out by the incongruity between their rotativist conception of the nature of Reality and their ethical aim of Detachment.
随便看

 

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/22 19:45:42