ombudsman: [20] The word ombudsman, denoting an ‘investigator of public complaints’, was introduced into English from Swedish, and was first used as a quasi-official term in the 1960s: New Zealand was the first Englishspeaking country to introduce such a post, in 1962, and Britain followed four years later. The Swedish word is a descendant of Old Norse umbothsmathr, literally ‘administration-man’; and umboth was originally a compound of um ‘about’ and both ‘command’ (a relative of English bid). => bid
ombudsman (n.)
1959, from Swedish ombudsman, literally "commission man" (specifically in reference to the office of justitieombudsmannen, which hears and investigates complaints by individuals against abuses of the state); cognate with Old Norse umboðsmaðr, from umboð "commission" (from um- "around," see ambi-, + boð "command," see bid (v.)) + maðr "man" (see man (n.)).
实用例句
1. If the bank is unhelpful take it up with the Ombudsman.
银行要是不肯帮忙，就去找申诉专员。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The leaflet explains how to complain to the banking ombudsman.
这份传单介绍了如何向银行意见调查官投诉。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The Ombudsman is not subject to political pressure.
司法特派员不受任何政治压力的制约.
来自新概念英语第三册
4. If a citizen's complaint is justified, the Ombudsman will act on his behalf.
如果公民的意见正确, 司法特派员便为他伸张正义.
来自新概念英语第三册
5. There is nothing secretive about the Ombudsman's work, for his correspondence is open to public inspection.
