单词 | junta |
释义 | juntan. 1. With reference to Spain or Italy: A deliberative or administrative council or committee.In modern history the term is best known as the name of the local councils established in different districts of Spain to conduct the war against Napoleon in the summer of 1808; the Central Junta was formed in September of the same year. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > with reference to foreign countries > in Spain or Italy junta1623 junto1701 1623 J. Mede Let. 8 Nov. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 162 At length the Junta of Divines [at Madrid] coming to agreement, the marriage was declared. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. x. 62 A particular Junta of some of the Counsell of State and War, might be appointed to determine the businesse. 1754 A. Drummond Travels ii. 61 The senate [at Venice] consists of a hundred and twenty nobles, one half of whom are ordinary, and the other distinguished by the appellation of the junta. 1809 Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 6/1 Details of the weakness and tardiness of the Spanish Junta. 1887 E. Dowden Life Shelley II. viii. 342 Here the troops were on the side of the viceroy and his junta. 2. In general sense: = junto n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > political clique junto1641 old gang1664 junta1714 camarilla1839 Family Compact1988 1714 J. Swift Some Free Thoughts upon Present State Affairs (1741) 20 Ready for any Acts of Violence, that a Junto composed of the greatest Enemies to the Constitution shall think fit to enjoin them. 1867 G. Smith Three Eng. Statesmen (1882) 77 A junta of fanatics, who wanted to sweep away law, learning, and civil society. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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