patriarchs

英 [ˈpeɪtrɪɑːks]

美 [ˈpeɪtriˌɑrks]

n.  (男性)家长，族长，酋长; 德高望重的男长者; (东正教和天主教的)牧首，宗主教
patriarch的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （男性）家长，族长，酋长
  Apatriarchis the male head of a family or tribe.
  1. The patriarch of the house, Mr Jawad, rules it with a ferocity renowned throughout the neighbourhood...
     那户人家的家长贾瓦德先生治家严苛，名闻乡里。
  2. Joseph Kennedy, the clan's patriarch, communicated with Bobby in a series of notes.
     宗族族长约瑟夫·肯尼迪通过一系列便笺和博比交流。
• N-COUNT; N-TITLE （基督教东派教会的）大牧首，宗主教
  Apatriarchis the head of one of a number of Eastern Christian Churches.
  1. ...the new head of the Russian Orthodox church, Patriarch Alexei the Second.
     俄罗斯东正教的新领袖，大牧首阿列克谢二世

双语例句

• So last time we started discussing the historical merits of the biblical stories of the patriarchs and the matriarchs.
  上次我们已经开始讨论圣经故事中，男女族长的历史功绩。
• Negus and his patriarchs were in tears.
  尼加斯和大主教们听得泪流满面。
• Later Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
  以撒生雅各，雅各生十二位先祖。
• You patriarchs have but one goal in life.
  你的家长们命里有一个目标。
• And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
  神又赐他割礼的约。于是亚伯拉罕生了以撒，第八日给他行了割礼。以撒生雅各，雅各生十二位先祖。
• In his novel, the principal contradictions are the ones between farmers and landlords, feudal patriarchs, or tyrannical leaders, etc.
  农民与地主阶级的矛盾、与封建家长的矛盾、与专横干部的矛盾等成为作家小说创作的主要矛盾类型。
• It has forced Christian patriarchs to express their fears of a future without the regime and shown pictures of churches on fire, a manipulation that was quickly unmasked.
  它迫使基督教大主教表达对现政权倒台前景的恐惧，还展示了教堂着火的照片。这种操纵伎俩很快就被揭穿。
• Israel still controls the Tomb of the Patriarchs, which is sacred to both Jews and Muslims, and the nearby Hebron Jewish settlement.
  以色列仍然控制著希伯伦族长坟墓。这个坟墓对于犹太人和穆斯林以及附近的犹太人定居点都是圣地，并且靠近希伯伦。
• Who calculated all the ages of the patriarchs back along.
  反演推算出创始者所处的年代。
• Patriarchs of The Central Buddhism Committee of Vietnam want to revive the School of Zen by deep research of the Vietnamese Zen, but they are not able to do what they want.
  中央佛教会的老和尚们想把越南禅宗深刻地研究，目的在于使禅宗再一次复兴起来，但力不从心。