1830, from French cadre, literally "a frame of a picture" (16c.), so, "a detachment forming the skeleton of a regiment" (1851), from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum "a square" (see quadrille). The communist sense is from 1930.
双语例句
1. The chief cadre in charge should bear greater responsibility.
主要负责干部要多承担一些责任.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. By " public servant " we mean a cadre who serves the people whole - heartedly.
所谓 “ 公仆 ”,是指干部要全心全意为人民服务.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. This veteran cadre still remains his philosophy of hard work and plain - living.
这位老干部仍然保持着艰苦朴素的作风.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. The village cadre said they did not do productive work , they just fooled around.
村干部说他们不好好生产, 吊儿郎当.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. The unscrupulous cadre was severely punished for making away with the wealth of the state at will.