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throne

noun
🔊/θrəʊn/
🔊/θrəʊn/
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  1. [countable] a special chair used by a king or queen to sit on at ceremonies（国王、女王的）御座，宝座
    • He sat very upright in his chair, as if he were a king on his throne.他端坐在椅子上，像个坐在宝座上的国王。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • empty
    • vacant
    • imperial
    • …
    verb + throne
    • ascend
    • assume
    • come to
    • …
    preposition
    • on the throne
    phrases
    • somebody’s accession to the throne
    • a claimant to the throne
    • a pretender to the throne
    • …
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  2. the throne
     [singular] the position of being a king or queen王位；王权；帝位
    • Queen Elizabeth came/succeeded to the throne in 1952.伊丽莎白女王于 1952 年即位／登基。
    • on the throne when Henry VIII was on the throne (= was king)亨利八世在位时
    • Prince Charles is next in line to the British throne.查尔斯王子紧随英国王位。
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    • The marriage failed to produce an heir to the throne.这桩婚姻未能产生王位继承人。
    • a claimant to the vacant Spanish throne声称对空缺的西班牙王位拥有继承权者
    • Left-wing revolutionaries toppled the king from his throne.左翼革命分子推翻了国王的统治。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • empty
    • vacant
    • imperial
    • …
    verb + throne
    • ascend
    • assume
    • come to
    • …
    preposition
    • on the throne
    phrases
    • somebody’s accession to the throne
    • a claimant to the throne
    • a pretender to the throne
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French trone, via Latin from Greek thronos ‘elevated seat’.
Idioms
the (real) power behind the throne
  1. the person who really controls an organization, a country, etc. in contrast to the person who is legally in charge太上皇；幕后操纵者
    • The president’s wife was suspected of being the real power behind the throne.总统夫人有充当幕后掌权者之嫌。