patriarch

US [ˈpeɪtriˌɑrk]
UK [ˈpeɪtriˌɑː(r)k]
  • n.族长；德高望重的男性长者；宗主教
  • Web家长；牧首；元老
Plural Form：patriarchs  

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patriarch
n.
1.
（男性）家长，族长，酋长the male head of a family or community
2.
德高望重的男性长者an old man that people have a lot of respect for
3.
（东正教和天主教的）牧首，宗主教the title of a most senior bishop (= a senior priest) in the Orthodox or Roman Catholic Church

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1.
Noah is not a Jewish "patriarch" but a sun god, and the tale of entering and exiting the Ark signifies the sun's death and resurrection.
诺亚并不是犹太人的“族长”，而是一个太阳神，进入和退出方舟的故事是象征太阳的死亡和复活。
nuò yà bìng bú shì yóu tài rén de " zú zhǎng " , ér shì yī gè tài yáng shén , jìn rù hé tuì chū fāng zhōu de gù shi shì xiàng zhēng tài yáng de sǐ wáng hé fù huó 。
cnufo.com
2.
Last week he took to the wheel of his Soviet-era Volga Gaz-21 car, giving Russia's patriarch a lift.
上周，他驾驶着他前苏联时代的伏尔加嘎斯21汽车送了俄罗斯主教一程。
shàng zhōu , tā jià shǐ zhe tā qián sū lián shí dài de fú ěr jiā gǎ sī èr shí yī qì chē sòng le é luó sī zhǔ jiào yī chéng 。
article.yeeyan.org
3.
Perhaps it's that we each see a little bit of ourselves in the Simpson patriarch's encyclopedic collection of character flaws.
也许，那是我们每个人在辛普森一家的一大堆缺点中看到了我们自己的影子。
yě xǔ , nà shì wǒ men měi gè rén zài xīn pǔ sēn yì jiā de yī dà duī quē diǎn zhōng kàn dào le wǒ men zì jǐ de yǐng zi 。
article.yeeyan.org
4.
Setting up trusts years in advance of the death of a patriarch used to be a way to avoid inheritance tax.
过去还有家族掌门人在去世前提前数年创立信托基金，目的是为了避开遗产税。
guò qù hái yǒu jiā zú zhǎng mén rén zài qù shì qián tí qián shù nián chuàng lì xìn tuō jī jīn , mù dì shì wèi le bì kāi yí chǎn shuì 。
c.wsj.com
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"If I weren't so fat, I'd have made you a good wife, " she teasingly told Patriarch Bartholomew who, as an Orthodox bishop, is celibate.
“我要不是这么胖的话，就要做你的好妻子。”海森夫人故意揶揄巴塞罗缪主教——这位东正教主教还是单身。
" wǒ yào bú shì zhè me pàng de huà , jiù yào zuò nǐ de hǎo qī zi 。 " hǎi sēn fū rén gù yì yé yú bā sài luó móu zhǔ jiào — — zhè wèi dōng zhèng jiào zhǔ jiào hái shì dān shēn 。
www.ecocn.org
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The patriarch of the house was an old man of nearly 90.
屋子里的主人是一个将近九十岁的？公公。
wū zǐ lǐ de zhǔ rén shì yī gè jiāng jìn jiǔ shí suì de ? gōng gōng 。
q.sohu.com
7.
In court, Peruggia admitted meeting in London with Henry Duveen, patriarch of a legendary antique dealing family.
在法庭上，佩鲁贾供认曾在伦敦见过从事古董生意的传奇家族的老大亨利·杜维恩。
zài fǎ tíng shàng , pèi lǔ jiǎ gòng rèn céng zài lún dūn jiàn guò cóng shì gǔ dǒng shēng yì de chuán qí jiā zú de lǎo dà hēng lì · dù wéi ēn 。
dongxi.net
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It was Mr Moss, now based in Thailand, who advised the Bloch family to sell the collection after its patriarch died a year ago.
还是莫斯（现在其公司总部搬到了泰国）建议布洛克家族卖掉那些收藏，其家长已于一年前死亡。
hái shì mò sī ( xiàn zài qí gōng sī zǒng bù bān dào le tài guó ) jiàn yì bù luò kè jiā zú mài diào nà xiē shōu cáng , qí jiā zhǎng yǐ yú yī nián qián sǐ wáng 。
article.yeeyan.org
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Yet to experience the good of being part of a greater whole carries with it responsibility to live by the patriarch's values.
但是，要享受作为大家庭成员的好处就意味着要承担一种责任，即要按家长制定的价值观念去生活。
dàn shì , yào xiǎng shòu zuò wéi dà jiā tíng chéng yuán de hǎo chu jiù yì wèi zhe yào chéng dān yī zhǒng zé rèn , jí yào àn jiā zhǎng zhì dìng de jià zhí guān niàn qù shēng huó 。
www.jukuu.com
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In the Old Testament, the son of the patriarch Jacob and his wife, Rachel.
《旧约》中，牧首雅各与其妻拉结之子。
《 jiù yuē 》 zhōng , mù shǒu yǎ gè yǔ qí qī lā jié zhī zǐ 。
www.crazyenglish.org