magistrate

英 ['mædʒɪstreɪt] 美 ['mædʒɪstreɪt]

• n. 地方法官；行政官

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]地方法官,治安官

   an official who judges cases in the lowest courts of law

英英释义

Noun:

1. a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The thief was brought before the magistrate.
   窃贼被带到地方法官前受审。
2. The magistrate remanded him in custody for two weeks.
   法官命令把他拘留两星期。
3. The President is the chief magistrate of the United States.
   总统是美国的最高行政官。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The traffic magistrate heard the man's explanation for getting a parking ticket.
   主管交通的地方法官听取了那人对自己违章停车行为的解释。
2. The man came up before the magistrate on a charge of theft.
   那人被控犯有偷窃罪而被传上法庭受审。

经典引文

• The king was too eminent a magistrate to be trusted with discretionary powers.

  出自： D. Hume

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• impeach a magistrate 控告地方行政长官
• plead with a magistrate 恳求地方行政法官

形容词+～

• civil magistrate 文职行政长官
• the first magistrate 总统

名词+～

• the county magistrate 县长

介词+～

• before the magistrate 在法庭上

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的magistratus，意为公务人员。

近反义词

【近义词】

• judge 法官
• justice 公平
• law officer 检察官
• Justice of the Peace 治安官员
• JP 喷气机驾驶员 (=jet...
• public officer 公职人员; 公务员...
• judicial officer 审判员
• official 正式的
• lawyer 律师
• governor 统治者
• ruler 尺子