provost

noun

/ˈprɒvəst/

/ˈprəʊvəʊst/

(also Provost)

(in the UK) the person in charge of a college at some universities（英国某些大学的）学院院长Topics Educationc2
(in the US) a senior official who manages the affairs of some colleges and universities（美国某些大学的）教务长
(in Scotland) the head of a council in some towns, cities and districts（苏格兰的）市长，镇长，区长 compare mayor see also Lord Provost
the head of a group of priests belonging to a particular cathedral座堂主任；教区长

词源late Old English profost ‘head of a chapter, prior’, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French provost, from medieval Latin propositus, synonym of Latin praepositus ‘head, chief’, past participle of praeponere ‘set over’, from prae ‘ahead’ + ponere ‘to place’.

词汇	provost
释义	provost noun /ˈprɒvəst/ /ˈprəʊvəʊst/ (also Provost) (in the UK) the person in charge of a college at some universities（英国某些大学的）学院院长Topics Educationc2 (in the US) a senior official who manages the affairs of some colleges and universities（美国某些大学的）教务长 (in Scotland) the head of a council in some towns, cities and districts（苏格兰的）市长，镇长，区长 compare mayor see also Lord Provost the head of a group of priests belonging to a particular cathedral座堂主任；教区长词源late Old English profost ‘head of a chapter, prior’, reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French provost, from medieval Latin propositus, synonym of Latin praepositus ‘head, chief’, past participle of praeponere ‘set over’, from prae ‘ahead’ + ponere ‘to place’.
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