patriarch

patriarch

英 ['peɪtrɪɑːk]
　　美 ['petrɪɑrk]

n. 傢長；族長；元老；創始人

中文詞源：

patriarch 傢長，族長

patri-,父親，-arch,管理，統治，詞源同matriarch.

例句：

1. Each family of gorillas is led by a great silverbacked patriarch.
每個大星星傢族都由一個魁梧的、長著銀色被毛的族長帶領著.

2. The patriarch of the house, Mr Jawad, rules it with a ferocity renowned throughout the neighbourhood.
那戶人傢的傢長賈瓦德先生治傢嚴苛，名聞鄉裡。

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傢之長。

5. She suffers all pupil's patriarch's highly praising and respect.
她受到全體小學生傢長的高度贊揚與尊敬.