regent: [14] Regent is one of a large family of English words that go back to Latin regere ‘rule’, a descendant of the Indo-European base reg- ‘move in a straight line’, hence ‘direct, guide, rule’. Others include correct, direct, dirge, erect, rector, régime [18], regimen [14] (and its more heavily disguised twin realm), regiment [14] (which originally meant ‘government’), region [14] (etymologically a ‘governed area’), resurrect, source, and surge. Regent itself comes from the present participle of the Latin verb.
Related words in Latin include rēx ‘king’ (source of English regal, regalia, royal, etc), rēgula ‘rule’ (source of English rail ‘bar’, regular, rule, etc), and rēgnum ‘kingship’ (source of English reign); and among other English words from the same Indo-European source are raj, rich, and right. => address, correct, direct, dirge, dress, erect, rajah, realm, rector, regiment, region, regular, reign, right, royal, rule
regent (n.)
"one who rules during the minority or absence of a sovereign," c. 1400, from the adjective (now archaic, attested in English late 14c.), from Old French regent and directly from Medieval Latin regentem (nominative regens), from Latin regens "ruler, governor," noun use of present participle of regere "to rule, direct" (see regal). Senses of "university faculty member" is attested from mid-15c., originally Scottish.
实用例句
1. The Regent hotel has a superlative view of Hong Kong island.
在丽晶酒店看香港岛的美景，视野绝佳。
来自柯林斯例句
2. to act as regent
担任摄政王
来自《权威词典》
3. In 1853 the world's first public aquarium - The Regent's Park Fish House - was opend.
1853年,世界第一个公共水族馆: REGENT 公园观赏鱼之家开放了.
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4. Hello, Sida Taxi? I'm at the REGENT Hotel. Can you send me a cab?
喂, 西达出租车 吗 ?我在regent饭店,你可以派一辆车来 吗 ?
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5. In the UK, it is customary for the next heir to the throne to be regent.
