provost

美 [ˈproʊvoʊst]英 [ˈprɒvəst]
  • n.(美国某些大学的)教务长;(英国某些大学的)学院院长;(苏格兰的)市长,镇长,区长;座堂主任

复数: provosts

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noun

1

(英国某些大学的)学院院长
(in Britain) the person in charge of a college at some universities

2

(美国某些大学的)教务长
(in the US) a senior member of the staff who organize the affairs of some universities

3

(苏格兰的)市长,镇长,区长
(in Scotland) the head of a council in some towns, cities and districts

4

座堂主任;教区长
the head of a group of priests belonging to a particular cathedral

provost

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (英国大学某些学院的)院长
    In some university colleges in Britain, the provost is the head.

  • 2
    N-COUNT (美国某些大专院校的)教务长
    In some colleges and universities in the United States, a provost is an official who deals with matters such as the teaching staff and the courses of study.

  • 3
    N-COUNT (苏格兰的)市长,镇长,区长
    A provost is the chief magistrate of a Scottish administrative area.

  • 4
    N-COUNT (天主教或圣公会中的)主教座堂(或大圣堂)教士长
    In the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, a provost is the person who is in charge of the administration of a cathedral.

noun

1
a high-ranking university administrator

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  1. Malcolm grant , provost of University College , says that around 35 % of its 25000 students are foreign , compared with around 23 % ten years ago .

    伦敦大学学院院长蒙格瑞奇格兰特称,与十年前约23%的国际生比例相比,今年该校25000名学生里约有35%是国际生。

  2. Provost Robert Widing says the crisis exposed leaders ' shortcomings . ' The roots were in greed and incompetence , ' he says .

    学院院长维丁(RobertWiding)表示,金融危机暴露出了企业领导者的缺陷,问题根源在于贪婪和无能。

  3. He became Provost in2006 and president the following year .

    他从2006年起担任教务长并于次年成为校长。

  4. No wonder , when the little shop man tries to match the splendor5 of the Provost 's board . And Hodge the farmer 's son spends money like a lord .

    小市民想和大富翁比比豪华,农夫的儿子花钱像个王侯,这不足为奇。

  5. 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。

  6. meet with the Provost face to face ...

    和教务长当面谈谈…

  7. Provost and I made some interesting discoveries this evening .

    今晚我和校长发现了些有趣的东西。

  8. 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。

  9. Provost Fenves , Deans members of the faculty , family and friends

    芬维斯教务长各位主任教职成员家属和朋友

  10. I was supposed to meet with the Provost tomorrow

    我明天本来要和教务长会面

  11. Which is why I 'll let my friend provost Scully supply the words tonight .

    所以我让我的朋友教务长斯高利来做今晚的发言。

  12. to meet the Provost of Stanford for my son .

    为我儿子去见斯坦福的教务长

  13. Yeah . Do you know the provost ? Warren Tynsdale .

    你认识教务长吗,沃伦·泰斯戴尔

  14. And Ryan , thank you for that kind introduction and thank you , Provost Samhat .

    赖安感谢你的介绍感谢桑姆哈特教务长

  15. Catholic University Provost James Brennan says the church has taken major steps to address the scandal .

    天主教大学的布伦南说,教会采取了重要步骤来解决丑闻问题。

  16. Provost cunningham , I think you 'll find a reinstatement is in order .

    坎宁安教务长,我想您会重新做一个合理的定夺。

  17. One of these was Provost Bost , administrator of the public school , Eton .

    其中一人是伊顿公学的主管,波斯特院长。

  18. Over all ruled the provost of Paris , a royal not a municipal official .

    巴黎府尹是王室大臣而不是市府官吏,所以统管一切。

  19. A detachment under the command of a provost marshall .

    宪兵司令管辖下的一支特遣部队。

  20. Wise ( Wang ), who is currently provost and executive vice president of University of Washington , Seattle .

    目前,菲利斯M怀斯是西雅图华盛顿大学的教务长及常务副校长。

  21. In the end , we felt that Tow Chong would be the ideal person to take on the position of University Provost .

    最后,我们认为,拖车冲是很理想的人采取的大学教务长的位置。

  22. Provost proposed the idea of applying the theory of relational database to XML schemas normalization design . This idea has not been put into practice .

    Provost提出将关系数据库理论应用于XML模式规范化设计的思想,这一思想还没有付诸实施。

  23. Gregory Fenves recently got a big promotion , from provost to president of the University of Texas at Austin .

    格雷戈里·范韦斯(GregoryFenves)最近晋升要职,从德州大学奥斯汀分校(UniversityofTexasatAustin)教务长升任校长。

  24. University Provost Peter Stearns tells us that the effort failed because of a dispute with their local partner in the campus .

    大学教务长PeterStearns告诉我们,这些努力最终失败主要是因为与校园的当地搭档之间存在争端。

  25. President Guttmann , Provost Price , Board Chair Cohen fellow honorees , beautiful honorees .

    古特曼校长普莱斯教务长科恩主席诸位获奖者你们很美丽

  26. University Provost Peter Stearns tells us that the effort failed largely because of a dispute with their local partner in the campus .

    大学教务长彼得仕坦告诉我们,这些努力付诸东流的主要原因是因为与学院里的当地同事存在争端。

  27. There has been an explosion of interest in engineering and related areas , said Alan M. Garber , Harvard 's provost .

    对工程及相关领域的兴趣一直呈爆炸式增长,哈佛大学教务长艾伦·M·加伯(AlanM.Garber)说。

  28. Before that , he was the provost of Yale , where he was also a professor of chemistry and molecular biophysics .

    在此之前,他是耶鲁大学的教务长,同时兼任化学与分子生物物理学教授。

  29. 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。

  30. On his first evening in the senior common room , he played Rummy and won a few shillings from the Provost .

    第一天,他还跟学院的院长玩牌,并赢了一些先令。