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名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈɹɛɡnənt/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A sovereign or ruler.
— Here are two sovereigns in the land, a regnant and a claimant—that is enough of one good thing—but if any one wants more, he may find a king in every peel-house in the country; so if we lack government, it is not for lack of governors—[…]
形容词 adj.
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Reigning, ruling; currently holding power.
— The people are now the State, their will is the regnant will, and that will has this characteristic — it loves principles, it hates compromises; and the principles it loves must be regulative, fit to be applied to the work and guidance of life.
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Dominant; holding sway; having particular power or influence.
— The doors of his temples were kept open in time of war, the time in which the ideas of contradiction and conflict are most naturally regnant.
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of a monarch, ruling in one's own right; often contrasted with consort and dowager
— Queen Elizabeth II reigned as queen regnant, unlike her mother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
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词源 1
From Middle English regnant, reignant, from Middle French regnant, régnant, and its source, Latin rēgnāns, the present participle of regnāre.
词源 2
From Middle English regnant, reignant, from Middle French regnant, régnant, and its source, Latin rēgnāns, the present participle of regnāre.
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