chieftains

英 [ˈtʃiːftənz]

美 [ˈtʃiftənz]

n.  首领; 酋长; (苏格兰的)族长
chieftain的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 酋长;部落首领
  Achieftainis the leader of a tribe.
  1. ...the legendary British chieftain, King Arthur.
     传说中的不列颠部落首领——亚瑟王

双语例句

• His strategy was to govern through the local chieftains, which greatly improved relations between the Shu government and the minority peoples.
  此后，诸葛亮就任用少数民族首领管理当地人，蜀政权与少数民族关系大大改善。
• Because of the barbaric ethnic groups 'geopolitical predominance, the chieftains waver between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which make them enlarge their influence and maintain their independent or semi-independent status.
  藉此地缘政治优势，蛮酋游移于南北之间，积极扩大本部族的势力和影响，以保持本部族独立或半独立的地位。
• Similarly the Arab chieftains on their silken Byzantine divans could not forget the desert, and hoarded riches far beyond any possible physical need.
  同样，那些坐在拜占庭帝国柔软光滑的长沙椅上的阿拉伯酋长们也无法忘记沙漠，贮藏起远远超过可能需要的物质财富。
• Strictly speaking, the real Roman dynasty started from the Etruscan conquest. The Latin kings or the indigenous kings before then were in fact only heads of the clan coalition or chieftains.
  认为真正的罗马王政实际上应始于埃特鲁斯征服，此前的拉丁王或本土王只不过是氏族联盟首领或部落首领。
• As we know very little about them apart from legend, we can only speculate that they were probably tribal chieftains during the transitional period from primitive to slave society.
  撇开神话的色彩，他们的本来面目大概就是原始社会向奴隶社会过渡时期的部落首领。
• He was the most outstanding of all chieftains.
  他是历代土司中最杰出的一位。
• As recorded in historical literature, when the ancient sovereign Yao was head of the tribal confederation, the chieftains unanimously agreed that Shun should be his successor.
  古代文献上说，尧为部落联盟领袖时，各部落首领共同推举舜为尧的继承人。
• We find among some peoples that the older men, the chieftains and the magician-priests, exploit the community of wives and monopolize most of the women for themselves;
  有些民族中，还有这种情形，即男性长者酋长和巫师，利用共妻制来达到自己的目的，自己独占大多数妇女；
• Perhaps while in uniform, all of those at the top have moments when they imagine they are God be they generals, surgeons or corporate chieftains.
  也许，当穿上制服时，所有那些高高在上的人都曾想过自己就是上帝不管他们是将军、外科医师还是企业领导者。
• Although good leaders often begin with similar expectations, convinced they're natural-born chieftains, they soon run smack-dab into a little thing called Monday morning.
  虽然优秀领导者往往也有同样的期待，确信自己是天生的领袖，可不久他们便迎面遇到了一个称之为“周一清晨”的小事物。