| 单词 | power behind the throne |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspower behind the throne power behind the throne n. a person without constitutional status who covertly exercises power by personal influence over a ruler or leader; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > one who or that which influences > influential person > behind the scenes power behind the throne1783 wire-puller1824 grey eminence1831 wire-worker1835 éminence grise1838 string-puller1961 1770 W. Pitt Speech 2 Mar. in London Museum Apr. 249 A long train of such practices has at length unwillingly convinced me, that there is something within the court [in Parl. Hist. (1813) XVI. 843 something behind the throne] greater than the King himself.] 1783 W. Godwin Hist. Life W. Pitt vi. 193 He complained..that the open treachery, that was practised against him, was abetted by secret influence; and that he found ‘a power behind the throne, greater, than the throne itself’. 1787 Whitsun Donative 44 No instance can more fully demonstrate his independence of any power behind the throne than his conduct in the East-India business. 1866 A. H. Lincoln in W. H. Herndon Lincoln (1889) III. 513 I told him [sc. Lincoln] once of the assertion I had heard coming from the friends of Seward, that the latter was the power behind the throne; that he could rule him. 1875 ‘M. Twain’ Old Times Mississippi vi, in Atlantic Monthly June 728/1 A power behind the throne that was greater than the throne itself. It was the underwriters! 1931 W. Holtby Poor Caroline vii. 277 I'd been..generally working in the background, but then I liked to be the power behind the throne. 1989 Empire Sept. 39/4 While studio heads come and go he continues to reign as the power behind the throne. 2000 C. Whitcomb & J. Whitcomb Real Life at White House xl. 433 While her public popularity went up and down, Nancy never faltered in her private role as the power behind the throne. < as lemmas |
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