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单词 quadrumvirate
释义

quadrumvirate

/kwɒˈdrʌmvɪrət /
noun
A group of four powerful or notable people.The quadrumvirate of men who provide blurbs for Kirby's fifth collection, read like a who's who of the book's poetic influences....
  • He has two quadrumvirates on which he depends: Robinson, Dickinson, Frost and Millay in poetry, and, less rhythmically, Faulkner, Hemingway, Cather and Lawrence among the prose writers.
  • He was one of a quadrumvirate of Norwegians who developed much of the basis for modern econometrics.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin quadru- 'four' + triumvirate.

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