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patriarch

英 ['peɪtrɪɑːk]美 ['petrɪɑrk]

n. 家長；族長；元老；創始人

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中文詞源

patriarch 家長，族長

patri-,父親，-arch,管理，統治，詞源同matriarch.

英語詞源

patriarch

patriarch: see patron

patriarch (n.)

Late 12c., from Old French patriarche "one of the Old Testament fathers" (11c.) and directly from Late Latin patriarcha (Tertullian), from Greek patriarkhes "chief or head of a family," from patria "family, clan," from pater "father" (see father (n.)) + arkhein "to rule" (see archon). Also used as an honorific title of certain bishops in the early Church, notably those of Antioch, Alexandria, and Rome.

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1. Each family of gorillas is led by a great silverbacked patriarch.

每個大星星家族都由一個魁梧的、長着銀色被毛的族長帶領着.

2. The patriarch of the house, Mr Jawad, rules it with a ferocity renowned throughout the neighbourhood.

那戶人家的家長賈瓦德先生治家嚴苛，名聞鄉里。

3. Joseph Kennedy, the clan's patriarch, communicated with Bobby in a series of notes.

宗族族長約瑟夫·肯尼迪通過一系列便箋和博比交流。

4. I thought of myself as a patriarch, dispensing words of wisdom to all my children.

我把自己當作在向子女傳授至理名言的一家之長。

5. She suffers all pupil's patriarch's highly praising and respect.

她受到全體小學生家長的高度讚揚與尊敬.

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