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intendancy

/in-ten-duhn-see/US // ɪnˈtɛn dən si //UK // (ɪnˈtɛndənsɪ) //

拟任,拟任职位,拟任职务,拟任者

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural in·tend·an·cies.

    • : the office or function of an intendant.
    • : a body of intendants.
    • : Also intendency. a district under the charge of an intendant.

Examples

  • In 1764 the intendancy of Havana was established, likewise with good results.

  • The best comes from the forests round the village of Zentila, in the intendancy of Oaxaca.

  • His mind had been dwelling upon the great affairs of his Intendancy and the mad policy of the Court of Versailles.

  • Certainly M. de Lauson was feathering his nest and that of his children before giving up the intendancy.

  • As a result of the English war, in 1764 Havana was made the seat of an independent captaincy-general and of an intendancy.