duumvirate.
/doo-uhm-ver-it, dyoo-/US // duˈʌm vər ɪt, dyu- //UK // (djuːˈʌmvɪrɪt) //
二重奏,十二星座,二重唱,二人行
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
- ›the office or government of two such persons.
Examples
Their triumvirate—duumvirate rather, Lepidus was nobody—matrimony consolidated.
But the Duumvirate seemed utterly incapable of devising a coherent policy for central or eastern Europe.
Of what did the duumvirate deliberate during their itinerary?
Rarely does history exhibit such a duumvirate as that of Epaminondas and Pelopidas.
The duumvirate did not last, and the count and Nino soon quarrelled.
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