provost: [OE] A provost is etymologically an official ‘placed before’ others – that is, put in charge of them. The word’s ancestor is Latin praepositus ‘superintendent’, a noun use of the past participle of praepōnere, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae- ‘in front’ and pōnere ‘put’ (source of English position, post, etc). In medieval Latin a variant form prōpositus emerged, which was borrowed into Old English as profost. This was supplemented in Middle English by the Anglo-Norman form provost. => position
provost (n.)
Old English profost, reinforced by Old French cognate provost, both from Late Latin propositus (reinforced by Old French cognate provost), from Latin propositus/praepositus "a chief, prefect" (source of Old Provençal probost, Old High German probost, German Propst), literally "placed before, in charge of," from past participle of praeponere "put before" (see preposition). Provost marshal first recorded 1510s.
双语例句
1. Norrine Bailey Spencer is the associate provost and director of undergraduate admissions.
劳瑞拉贝雷斯宾塞是负责本科招生的协理主任.
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2. The provost had the students out of his office in ten minutes.
教务长让学生们10分钟内离开他的办公室.
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3. The secretary in the Provost's office asked me what has happened.
院长办公室的秘书问我发生了什么事.
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4. Vice Provost Huddleston says she's also seeing an increase in student transfers.
哈德斯顿副校长说,转学学生的人数也在增加.
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5. One of these was Provost Bost , administrator of the public school, Eton.