英语词汇“satrap”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A governor of an ancient Persian province was called a satrap. These areas ruled by satraps were called "satrapies."

The Persian emperor Cyrus the Great first chose satraps to rule individual provinces, around 530 BCE. Each satrap controlled a specific amount of land, collecting taxes and maintaining law and order. The word satrap continued to be used in various places, including India and East Asia, to refer to local rulers. The word comes from the Latin satrapes, with the Old Persian root xšathrapavan, "guardian of the realm," from xšathra-, "realm," and pavan-, "guardian."

WORD FAMILY

satrap: satraps

USAGE EXAMPLES

“They are like viceroys, or satraps who have no checks on their authority,” says Enrique Krauze, a leading Mexican historian.

Wall Street Journal(Oct 19, 2016)

It’s an old story: the loyal satrap, who makes a career for himself by faithfully snarling at his master’s critics, finally gets thrown overboard himself.

The New Yorker(May 06, 2016)

Thus political battles are waged primarily within the Democratic Party, namely between government reformers and public-union satraps.

Wall Street Journal(Jul 01, 2015)

n a governor of a province in ancient Persia

Hyper

governor

the head of a state government

单词	satrap
释义	satrap (once / 8841 pages) n A governor of an ancient Persian province was called a satrap. These areas ruled by satraps were called "satrapies." The Persian emperor Cyrus the Great first chose satraps to rule individual provinces, around 530 BCE. Each satrap controlled a specific amount of land, collecting taxes and maintaining law and order. The word satrap continued to be used in various places, including India and East Asia, to refer to local rulers. The word comes from the Latin satrapes, with the Old Persian root xšathrapavan, "guardian of the realm," from xšathra-, "realm," and pavan-, "guardian." WORD FAMILY satrap: satraps USAGE EXAMPLES “They are like viceroys, or satraps who have no checks on their authority,” says Enrique Krauze, a leading Mexican historian. Wall Street Journal(Oct 19, 2016) It’s an old story: the loyal satrap, who makes a career for himself by faithfully snarling at his master’s critics, finally gets thrown overboard himself. The New Yorker(May 06, 2016) Thus political battles are waged primarily within the Democratic Party, namely between government reformers and public-union satraps. Wall Street Journal(Jul 01, 2015) n a governor of a province in ancient Persia Hyper governor the head of a state government
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