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

• 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。
• 10. The right to elect chieftains and to depose them.
  10·选举和撤换酋长的权利。
• 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。
• The cause of the equality among the deities is that the Zhuang people were separated into many groups and tribes with many chieftains in history.
  壮族师公教众神平等的根源在于历史上壮族长期处于分散而居、部落林立、酋帅众多的社会状态。
• 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。
• He received the homage of his chieftains.
  他接受了首领们对他表示的效忠。
• Mu, as the surname of the chieftains.
  木是土司的姓。
• He was the most outstanding of all chieftains.
  他是历代土司中最杰出的一位。
• With the emergence of the influential families, southwest China was under the control of three powers, that is, the inland regime, the influential families and the minority chieftains.
  由于大姓的出现，使西南地区形成了以内地政权、大姓、夷帅为主体的三元势力结构。
• 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。