Throne

(noun.) the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions.

(noun.) the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.; 'the king sat on his throne'.

(verb.) sit on the throne as a ruler.

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• At the foot of the throne these two parties separated and halted, facing each other at opposite sides of the aisle. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• I doubt, he said, if he would even welcome Dejah Thoris' return, for it would mean another nearer the throne than he. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Ten of us can take the throne, for I had seen that Issus' guards had for the most part entered the fray within the arena. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Honorius was succeeded by Gregory IX (1227), who evidently came to the papal throne with a nervous resolution to master this perplexing young man. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I thank God, that I have beheld his throne, the heavens, and earth, his footstool. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The platform and the golden throne were broken down, and Rustam lay dead among a heap of dead men. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Behind the throne was a narrow doorway and in this Than Kosis now stood facing me, with drawn long-sword. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Presently he selected one of their number whom he led before the throne of Issus. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• She abdicated her throne, and despoiled herself of her imperial sceptre among the ice rocks that surrounded us. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• On the lower step of this throne the champion was made to kneel down. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Kantos Kan with the others who had sworn allegiance to me still stood upon the Throne of Righteousness with me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Soldiers of Helium, let no prisoner leave the Throne of Righteousness. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• These two stopped at the foot of the throne, facing Than Kosis. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Its forest should be our world--its garden afford us food; within its walls I would establish the shaken throne of health. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• This application to the throne produced no effect. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• She had sunk into one of the golden thrones, and as I turned to her she greeted me with a wan smile. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• On each side of the high mantelpiece stood two antique chairs of oak, solid as silvan thrones, and in one of these sat a lady. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The old absolutist system of government was fast breaking up, and ancient thrones were tottering. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• We believed in the oaths and promises of princes whom we suffered to remain upon their thrones. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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