- used especially in newspapers, etc. to mean ‘prime minister’(尤用于报章等)首相,总理
Extra Examples- She was sworn in as premier last week.她上周宣誓就任首相。
- during his 25 years as Liberal premier在他任自由党首相的 25 年中
- He expressed his concerns in a letter to the Irish premier.他在给爱尔兰总理的信中表达了他的担忧。
- She was the first woman to hold the office of Australian state premier.她是第一位担任澳大利亚州总理的女性。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + premier- appoint (somebody)
- appoint somebody as
- elect (somebody)
- …
prepositionSee full entry - (in Canada) the first minister of a province or territory(加拿大的)省总理,地区总理Topics Politicsc2
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French, ‘first’, from Latin primarius ‘principal’.