[in sing.]the protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization 保护,支持,拥护(某人,某组织) the negotiations were conducted under the aegis of the UN. 谈判在联合国的支持下进行。 ■(in classical art and mythology) an attribute of Zeus and Athena (or their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) usually represented as a goatskin shield (古典艺术和神话)神盾,宙斯盾,羊皮盾(宙斯和雅典娜或罗马主神朱庇特和密涅瓦的象征标志)
语源
early 17th cent. (denoting armour or a shield, especially that of a god): via Latin from Greek aigis 'shield of Zeus'