patriarch
patriarch 英 [ˈpeɪtriɑ:k] 美 [ˈpeɪtriɑrk]
n. 家长；族长；元老；创始人
名词复数:patriarchs
- A patriarch is a male leader. Your father might be the patriarch of your family, but your kid brother could be the patriarch of his club house.
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- n. 家长；族长；元老；创始人
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1. He was the patriarch of a school of painters.
他是一派画家之始祖。
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2. Hollywood's reigning patriarch rose to speak.
好莱坞权势圈的元老站起来发表讲话。
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3. The death of the patriarch wouldn't bring peace.
族长的死亡并没有带来和平。
- patriarch (n.) late 12c., from Old French patriarche "one of the Old Testament fathers" (11c.) and directly from Late Latin patriarcha (Tertullian), from Greek patriarkhes "chief or head of a family," from patria "family, clan," from pater "father" (see father (n.)) + arkhein "to rule" (see archon). Also used as an honorific title of certain bishops in the early Church, notably those of Antioch, Alexandria, and Rome.
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