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provost

/proh-vohst, prov-uhst or, especially in military usage, proh-voh/US // ˈproʊ voʊst, ˈprɒv əst or, especially in military usage, ˈproʊ voʊ //UK // (ˈprɒvəst) //

教务长

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person appointed to superintend or preside.
    • : an administrative officer in any of various colleges and universities who holds high rank and is concerned with the curriculum, faculty appointments, etc.
    • : Ecclesiastical. the chief dignitary of a cathedral or collegiate church.
    • : the steward or bailiff of a medieval manor or an officer of a medieval administrative district.
    • : the mayor of a municipality in Scotland.
    • : Obsolete. a prison warden.

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Examples

  • Before that, he served in various positions — including professor, chemistry department chair and provost — at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  • A previous version of this article misstated the last name of a provost and professor at Florida International University.

  • Now that we have the basis of such a tool, the international community needs to commit to funding it, so it doesn’t have to beg in the middle of a crisis, says Ezekiel Emanuel, vice provost for global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • The riots at Ole Miss had been followed by the exodus of the provost, several department heads, and distinguished faculty, as well as a dramatic drop in student enrollment from outside the state.

  • Two days later, six female professors at Northwestern sent a letter to the university provost expressing dismay at the hiring and requesting an “independent, transparent and third-party investigation” into Richardson’s accusations against Polisky.

  • The filmmakers are my goddaughter Sara Ossana and her husband Mathew Provost.

  • Previously, she was the president of the University of Pennsylvania and provost of Yale University.

  • As Stanford provost, Rice dismissed, on budgetary grounds, a popular Latina administrator.

  • Vice Provost for Research Dr. David Korn, who is leading efforts to craft the policy, says it will cover all university faculty.

  • The UCL president and provost, Professor Malcolm Grant is “deeply saddened by these events.”

  • Delgado, the editor, after repeated warnings from the Provost-Marshal, was at length arrested.

  • The rector of Saint-Pierre-aux-Boeufs relies upon him; he is the provost of that quarter.

  • The provost and his men bade him sit upon a bench, and the man then bound his feet as he had before bound his hands.

  • "Send up the provost brigade," was Grant's despatch sent to City Point.

  • Provost General Macy, of Massachusetts, established a guard to prevent depredations and to save the army from demoralization.