admiralty
海事,海军部,钦差大臣,海军陆战队
Definitions
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plural ad·mi·ral·ties.
- : the office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
- : the officials or the department of state having charge of naval affairs, as in Great Britain.
- : a court dealing with maritime questions, offenses, etc.
- : maritime law.
- : the Admiralty, the official building, in London, of the British commissioners for naval affairs.
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- : of or relating to admiralty law.
Examples
The Lennon Wall in Admiralty is a mosaic of Post-It notes, each square a scribbled wish.
By visiting Admiralty or Causeway Bay or Mong Kok, they see that it's not a dirty affair.
In Admiralty, Thomas, a student at the University of Hong Kong, shared a few well-worn words.
Central and Admiralty have some of the most expensive retail outlets in the world, and they are popular with the Mainland crowd.
Ichabod is like a drunk uncle at Thanksgiving, always saying adorably outdated things like, “Is this an admiralty court?”
He was judge of the admiralty court of Pennsylvania; his writings abound with wit, humor and satire.
The Admiralty have turned down the proposal to force the Straits simultaneously by land and sea.
I cannot put my own case to the Admiralty although the machines are wanted for overland tactics—a fatal blind alley.
But I had to do it seeing there is no word of the cruel losses of the battle of the 4th being made good by the Admiralty.
The money went into the pockets of the Admiralty clerks and paymasters, who thrived on wholesale and shameless peculation.