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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- magistrate ['mæʤɪstreɪt]
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noun
[c]
地方法官
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1.
noun
[c]
地方法官
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- magistrate ['mæʤɪ"streɪt]
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n
a public officer concerned with the administration of law
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2.
n
another name for justice of the peace
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n
the former name for district court judge
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n
[Etymology]
C17: from Latin magistr
a tus, from magister master
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1.
n
a public officer concerned with the administration of law
Examples
- the chief magistrate
- (美国的)总统 → chief
- the chief magistrate
- (美国的)总统 → magistrate
- If he doesn't pay the fine soon, he'll be up before the magistrate.
- 如果不立刻交纳罚金，他将会受到法官的审判。
- he laid his case before the magistrate → lay
- a stipendiary magistrate → stipendiary
- up before the magistrate → up
- a venal magistrate → venal
- 出任县长
- take up the post of county magistrate → 出任
- 他当知县时刮了不少的钱。
- While holding office as county magistrate, he made a lot of money by extortion. → 刮
- 知县
- (in former times) county magistrate → 知
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