1570s, from Latin interregnum, literally "between-reign," from inter- (see inter-) + regnum (see reign (n.)). In the republic, a vacancy in the consulate.
实用例句
1. The Special Group itself was infected with interregnum uncertainties.
特别小组本身也受到新旧总统交替期间那种无所适从的影响.来自辞典例句
2. He shared Clifford's concern about the interregnum.
他同克利福德对新旧总统的交替期都抱有忧虑.来自辞典例句
3. There is no interregnum between the death of one sovereign and the accession of the next.
君主死亡与下一君主继位之间不得有任何空位期.来自辞典例句
4. No one in the interregnum seemed to feel final responsibility, and so matters drifted along.
在新旧总统交替期间,似乎谁也不愿意承担最后的责任, 于是事情就这样随波逐流下去了.来自辞典例句
5. Fear intensified during the interregnum between Herbert Hoover and Franklin D.
