名詞 governor:

1. the head of a state government
2. a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
   同義詞：regulator

1. He established himself as governor of the province.
   他當上了省長。
2. The governor decreed a day of mourning.
   地方長官發(fā)布哀悼一日的命令。
3. He had been Governor of a British Protectorate.
   他做過英國保護領(lǐng)地的總督。
4. The governor has been invested with full authority to act.
   總督已獲全權(quán)進行處理。
5. The keeper or governor of a castle.
   城堡守護人一個城堡的守護者或管理者
6. The lord or military governor of a medieval German border province.
   總督中世紀德國邊境省份的長官或軍事統(tǒng)治者
7. British colonies were ruled by governors.
   英國的殖民地由總督統(tǒng)治。
8. He was elected governor of the state of California.
   他當選為加利弗尼亞州州長。

gov.er.nor

n.Abbr. gov.,Gov.（名詞）縮寫 gov.,Gov.
A person who governs, especially:
統(tǒng)治者：特指行使統(tǒng)治權(quán)的人
The chief executive of a state in the United States.
州長：美國一個州的主要行政長官
An official appointed to govern a colony or territory.
總督：被任命管轄一個殖民地或領(lǐng)地的官員
A member of a governing body.
官員：行政機構(gòu)里的成員
The manager or administrative head of an organization, a business, or an institution.
管理者：一個組織，企業(yè)，公司或?qū)W院的首腦
A military commandant.
軍事指揮官
Chiefly British Used as a form of polite address for a man.
【多用于英國】 先生：用作對男人的尊稱
A feedback device on a machine or an engine that is used to provide automatic control, as of speed, pressure, or temperature.
調(diào)節(jié)器：在機器上或蒸汽機上一種反饋裝置，用作對如速度、壓力或溫度實行自動控制

<注釋>The American Revolution did away with much that was British,but it neglected to discard an important British political term.The wordgovernor certainly seems to denote a very American office, and England has no corresponding official with that title for its counties.Nonetheless,governor has had a long history in English with reference to political rulers. In Middle Englishgovernour, the ancestor of governor, meant both .a sovereign ruler. and .a subordinate or substitute ruler..In the later sense it was a natural term to use for heads of the British colonies in North America as well as elsewhere.During our colonial periodroyal governors were often unpopular,yet the word was not dropped after the Revolutionary Warand in fact was chosen to designate the executive head of a state when the United States of America was created.
美國獨立戰(zhàn)爭掃除了英國的許多東西，但卻忽略了摒棄一個重要的英國政治術(shù)語。governor 這個單詞肯定被看作是一個美國官方職務(wù)， 因為英國沒有這樣的官方職務(wù)。然而governor 作政權(quán)統(tǒng)治者含義在英國有很長的歷史。 在中世紀的英語里，governour 是 governor 的前身， 意思是.主權(quán)統(tǒng)治者.和.下一級統(tǒng)治者或代理統(tǒng)治者。.用后一個意思來指英國在北美的殖民地或其他地方的首腦是很貼切的。在美國殖民地時期，皇家總督不大為人所知，然而這個詞在獨立戰(zhàn)爭以后并沒被廢除，實際上它被用來指美國建國以后各州的州長了