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ward

/wawrd/US // wɔrd //UK // (wɔːd) //

监护人,监护室,监护权,监狱

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
    • : one of the districts into which certain English and Scottish boroughs are divided.
    • : a division, floor, or room of a hospital for a particular class or group of patients: a convalescent ward; a critical ward.
    • : any of the separate divisions of a prison.
    • : a political subdivision of a parish in Louisiana.
    • : Mormon Church. one of the subdivisions of a stake, presided over by a bishop.
    • : Fortification. an open space within or between the walls of a castle or fortified place: the castle's lower ward.
    • : Law. a person, especially a minor, who has been legally placed under the care of a guardian or a court.the state of being under the care or control of a legal guardian.guardianship over a minor or some other person legally incapable of managing his or her own affairs.
    • : the state of being under restraining guard or in custody.
    • : a person who is under the protection or control of another.
    • : a movement or posture of defense, as in fencing.
    • : a curved ridge of metal inside a lock, forming an obstacle to the passage of a key that does not have a corresponding notch.
    • : the notch or slot in the bit of a key into which such a ridge fits.
    • : the act of keeping guard or protective watch: watch and ward.
    • : Archaic. a company of guards or a garrison.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to avert, repel, or turn aside: to ward off a blow; to ward off evil.
    • : to place in a ward, as of a hospital or prison.
    • : Archaic. to protect; guard.

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Examples

  • Two days later, Lewis was found shot to death in his ward office.

  • Other bills from Ward include one that would establish regional authorities to help address climate change and one that would prohibit the sale of so-called ghost guns at gun shows.

  • Either way, both Ward and He agree it’s worth probing deeper in the brain.

  • In the District, deaths were concentrated in the poorest wards, even though wealthier parts of the city have higher populations of elderly residents.

  • Nesbitt said the city will continue to focus on residents with Zip codes in less-affluent wards when releasing new appointments later this week, when the city expects to receive 10,975 more doses.

  • Vicky Ward was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair for 11 years.

  • And yet as Robert Ward discovered, Marvin—for all of his larger-than-life machismo—was surprising in real life.

  • You know, Ward, I think I understand my father more every day.

  • “I would recommend ginger tea first thing in the morning as a great way to ward off an upset stomach,” says White.

  • Police then spent the next five months investigating Poggiali, careful not to leave her alone in the hospital ward.

  • At the usual hour that night the employés of Stickle and Screw left work and took their several ways home ward.

  • Just as the Admiral was going, Ward (of the Intelligence) crossed over with a nasty little damper.

  • The suggestive remarks of Mr. Ward do not appear hitherto to have attracted the attention they deserve.

  • The parallel to which Mr. Ward refers is that contained in the earlier part of the Prose Lancelot.

  • The tribal ward headmanʼs district deputies together constitute the police force of the whole ward.