| 单词 | presidency |
| 释义 | presidency (once / 549 pages) n A presidency is the executive office of a country, state, company, or other large organization. It's also the way to refer to the whole length of time a president is president: "Washington's presidency ended after two terms." When a candidate is elected to the presidency, that person becomes president, the head of a nation, organization, college, or company. The presidency of the United States has potential to change every four years, when the country holds elections. You can also use presidency to talk about a particular time period, defined by who was president them: "His presidency was a period marked by recession and job loss." WORD FAMILYpresidency: presidencies+/president: ex-president, presidency, presidential, presidents, presidentship/presidential: presidentially, unpresidential/presidentship: presidentships/unpresidential: unpresidentially USAGE EXAMPLESHere, then, are the prerequisites of the presidency. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) “This covert action by the Nixon campaign,” he said, “laid the ground for the skulduggery of his presidency.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Beginning in 2017, Republicans will hold 33 governorships and fully control legislatures in 25 states, as well as the Congress and presidency. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the office and function of president Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time Syn|Hypo|Hyper presidentship Chief Executive, President, President of the United States the office of the United States head of state berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot a job in an organization 2n the tenure of a president Syn|Hyper administration, presidential term incumbency, tenure, term of office the term during which some position is held |
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