bailiff

英 ['beɪlɪf] 美['belɪf]

低频词畅通词汇

复数: bailiffs;

bailiff 法警

来自拉丁词bajulus, 持有者，责任者，古义指城堡的管家，词源同bail.

bailiff: bailiff: [13] Latin bājulus meant literally ‘carrier’ (it is probably the ultimate source of English bail in some if not all of its uses). It developed the metaphorical meaning ‘person in charge, administrator’, which passed, via the hypothetical medieval adjectival form *bājulīvus, into Old French as baillif, and hence into English.
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bailiff (n.): mid-13c., from Old French baillif (12c., nominative baillis) "administrative official, deputy," from Vulgar Latin *bajulivus "official in charge of a castle," from Latin bajulus "porter," which is of unknown origin. Used in Middle English of a public administrator of a district, a chief officer of a Hundred, or an officer under a sheriff.

1. Only a few go through the final humiliation of meeting the bailiff at the door.: 很少有人经受执达官上门的奇耻大辱。

2. If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty he will enlist the help of the police.: 如果法警认为事情变得不可收拾，他就会寻求警方的帮助。

3. Now I have a bailiff, a townsman ; he seems a practical fellow.: 我现在用的总管是个城里人, 看起来倒是个很能干的小伙子.

5. The master of the house is a bailiff, and he is very strict indeed.: 屋主人是个法警, 他确实很严厉.