patriarch
n. (男性)家长,族长;德高望重的男长者;(基督教东派教会的)大牧首,宗主教(Patriarch);(《圣经》中人类的)祖先(尤指亚伯拉罕、以撒和雅各以及他们的祖先,或尤指雅各的子孙们)
复数 patriarchs
例句
Mr. Chou can sound more like a Californian management guru than an Asian corporate patriarch.
周先生听起来更像是一位加州管理专家,而不是一位亚洲公司的创始人。
The president has promised the patriarch that the cathedral will be rebuilt: walls, dome and all.
总统承诺主教将要重建这座大教堂:墙壁、穹顶及所有其他的东西。
One, he said, had been written by Abraham, the Jewish patriarch.
他说,其中一些是由犹太先祖亚伯拉罕(abraham)所写。