patriarch

🇬🇧/ˈpeɪtriɑːk/ 🇺🇸/ˈpeɪtriɑːrk/📚 11022 117 1托福
A patriarch is the male head of a family or tribe. (男性)家长; 族长; 酋长

noun [专属名词](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)

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。

patri(父亲) + arch(统治) → 男性统治者 → 家长, 族长
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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。