late 14c., mairaltee "office of a mayor" (mid-15c. as "tenure of a mayor"), from Middle French mairalté, from maire (see mayor) + -alte, as in principalte, reformed in English as -alty.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He succeeded to the mayoralty.
他繼任市長(zhǎng)的職位.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. He was right, of course, to avoid the mayoralty trap.