资料来源 : pyDict
总统职位,总统任期;统辖,主宰,支配
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Presidency \Pres"i*den*cy\, n.; pl. {Presidencies}. [Cf. F.
pr['e]sidence.]
1. The function or condition of one who presides;
superintendence; control and care.
2. The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the
presidency.
3. The term during which a president holds his office; as,
during the presidency of Madison.
4. One of the three great divisions of British India, the
Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had
a council of which its governor was president.
资料来源 : WordNet®
presidency
n 1: the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the
Eisenhower administration" [syn: {presidential term}, {administration}]
2: the office and function of president; "Andrew Jackson
expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was
customary before his time" [syn: {presidentship}]