单词 | presidium |
释义 | Presidiumn. Originally: the presiding body in the Russian government set up after the revolution of 1905. Later: the presiding body or standing committee in a number of institutions in the Soviet Union and other communist countries. Also in extended use.In the Soviet Union, the most important of these were the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (the executive body of State government) and the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (replacing the Politburo: cf. Politburo n.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of body or spec. bodies > [noun] > committee > committees in communist countries Presidium1907 Politburo1923 plenum1948 1820 Times 13 Nov. 2/4 Oxford..the birth-place and presidium of courtly divinity. 1858 G. A. Sala Journey due North xvii. 364 This is called a Siege or Seat, synonymous with the police Præsidium of German towns.] 1907 Times 22 Nov. 7/4 The senior deputy-chairman, the secretary, and the assistant secretaries of the Duma..can outvote the Constitutionalists in the Presidium. 1918 Times 22 July 6/4 The Presidium of the Ural Regional Council decided to shoot the ex-Tsar. 1924 Observer 23 Mar. 13/5 In a second decree the Presidium of the Union C.E.C. decided to replace the sentence of ten years strict isolation passed on the Catholic Archbishop Ciepliak by the All-Russian C.E.C. by expulsion from the territories of the Union of Socialist and Soviet Republics. 1927 Glasgow Herald 10 Oct. 11 Mr Arthur Horner (South Wales), a member of the National Executive of the Miners' Federation, presided, and was supported by a presidium of 11. 1955 Times 14 July 6/6 The Praesidium, known in Stalin's day as the Politburo, is the highest policy-making body in the Soviet Union. 1960 Philadelphia Evening Bull. 14 Dec. 13/6 A Russian official who made the mistake of referring to a member of the Presidium (the 14-member body that rules the Soviet Union) as a fool. 1974 L. Deighton Spy Story xiii. 129 Madame Furtseva, the first woman to reach the Presidium of the Central Committee. 1994 New Yorker 18 July 53/1 With Party funding, the union presidium ladled out to its membership, or withheld, the petty privileges of Soviet Life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1907 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095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。