patriarch

英 ['peɪtriɑːk] 美 ['peɪtriɑːrk]

• n. 创办人；家长；元老；主教

英英释义

Noun:

1. title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

2. the male head of family or tribe

3. any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race

4. a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. In the talk with 3 patriarch, oneself feel Stone is richer the shadow of fantast.
   在与3位创办人的交谈中，本人感觉到斯通更富有梦想家的影子。
2. Mr Chou can sound more like a Californian management guru than an Asian corporate patriarch.
   周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。
3. Her patriarch is strict with her.
   她的家长对她要求很严。
4. The little boy acted a patriarch role in the play.
   那个小男孩在剧中扮演家长的角色。
5. The patriarch paid him a handsome price.
   族长给了他一笔可观的数目。
6. He supported the patriarch, and he conciliated the Greeks.
   他支持大教长，他绥抚希腊人。

经典引文

• Lew Wasserman,..at seventy-seven, Hollywood's reigning patriarch, rose to toast his companions.

  出自：New Yorker

近反义词

【近义词】

• bishop 主教
• paterfamilias 家长
• father 父亲
• head 头部
• headman 队长
• archbishop 大主教
• prelate 高位神职者
• leader 领袖