1. I went not into the forest to seek a potentate; neither do I, at any future time, design a visit thither, with a view to gaining the favour of such personage. 我到树林里去，绝不是去找什么有权势的人，而且在将来的任何时刻，我也没有去那儿拜访、谋求这样一个人欢心的意图。
2. She was now one of a group of oriental beauties who, in the second act of the comic opera, were paraded by the vizier before the new potentate as the treasures of his harem. 她这时在扮演一群东方美女中的一个。在这出喜歌剧的第二幕中，宫廷大臣让这群美女列队从新登基的国王面前走过，炫耀他的这群后宫宝贝。
3. It is scarcely possible to exaggerate the influence of vanity throughout the range of human life, from the child of three to the potentate at whose frown the world trembles . 在人的一生中虚荣心影响之大怎么夸张也不过分。从三岁小孩到皱皱眉头就震动天下的当权者无一例外。
英英解释
n.
1. a ruler who is unconstrained by law
网络释义
potentate 当权者;
当权者，统治者，君主;
执政者;
统治者，当权者;
mighty potentate 有势力的人;
potentate - subject 有权力之人 - 臣民;
archon dominator dynast gerent governor lord monarch potentate ruler 统治者;
