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burgess

/bur-jis/US // ˈbɜr dʒɪs //UK // (ˈbɜːdʒɪs) //

堡垒,堡主,堡垒国,堡垒人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : American History. a representative in the popular branch of the colonial legislature of Virginia or Maryland.
    • : a representative of a borough in the British Parliament.
    • : Rare. an inhabitant of an English borough.

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Examples

  • The board’s quick move to fire Laaperi from his coaching position at Coronado High School does, in some ways, mirror what happened with Burgess.

  • Burgess required nine weeks PTO to deal with the physical and emotional fallout, which included infections requiring surgery, as well as not being able to get through the day for a lack of concentration and generally feeling “despondent.”

  • What followed was a hectic 48 hours in which Burgess maneuvered to restore many of the lost benefits — and then get them approved in the House.

  • Burgess is the associate dean for research at the University of Arizona’s College of Public Health in Tucson.

  • So it wasn’t surprising when, after Burgess decided to upload it to Instagram the following morning, it quickly went viral.

  • NCIS managed to eavesdrop on phone calls Wright made to his mother, Valerie Burgess.

  • Calls to Burgess to comment on this story were not returned.

  • “This is a prestigious panel, an all-star group,” Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) gushed of the five people sitting before him.

  • Her attention to language—and the breakdown of language—invites comparisons to writers like Anthony Burgess and Lewis Carroll.

  • In any case, Burgess likes to rail against these pushy liberals and their tricky, communistic light bulbs.

  • They having first in the tavern made Mr. Waith also a burgess, he coming in while we were drinking.

  • In another way also the “foreigners” who were members of the Merchant Gild were useful to the burgess-members of it.

  • In 1888, the lovers of racing pinned their faith to the 30-foot class, and Burgess's fame rose higher and higher.

  • We cross the bridge and find another on the south bank near the toll-house and Burgess's tavern.

  • A little while ago, at the Palladium, there was a Moore and Burgess revival.