单词 | triumvirate |
释义 | triumvirate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Officialstriumviratetri‧um‧vir‧ate /traɪˈʌmvərət/ noun [countable]formalPGOGROUP OF PEOPLE a group of three very powerful peopleExamples from the Corpustriumvirate• Henry Perky was the last of a triumvirate of health addicts who helped change the breakfast habits of the continent.• It shifted back to the evil Sun / Lewthwaite / Kane triumvirate.• There could be an Otago triumvirate in charge of the All Black team this year.• The third member of the triumvirate, and, as it developed, the most important, was William Mackenzie.• She was in the shadow of the triumvirate last year.• He refused to recognize the triumvirate plan previously proposed by Santa Anna, saying that it was unconstitutional.Origin triumvirate (1500-1600) Latin triumviratus, from triumviri “committee of three men”, from trium virum “of three men” |
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