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

• He solicited the advice of various tribal chieftains, asking them to recommend to him talented leaders to help with administering the affairs of the land.
  他向各部落首领咨询，请他们帮助挑选有才能的人，协助自己管理民事。
• For example, as Geely's interest in Ford Motor's Volvo unit shows, many of China's auto makers are run by corporate chieftains with similar global ambitions.
  举例来讲，正如吉利汽车控股有限公司有兴趣收购福特汽车（FordMotor）旗下的沃尔沃（Volvo）品牌所表明的，很多中国汽车厂商的领导都有着类似的全球雄心。
• 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。
• Like Hollywood executives, hedge-fund chieftains are often the most casually dressed guys in the room ( though their Seven jeans and untucked Lacostes cost as much as some suits).
  像好莱坞管理人士一样，对冲基金业的老板们经常是办公室里穿着最随意的（虽然他们穿的Seven牛仔裤和鳄鱼（Lacostes）休闲装并不比某些套装便宜）。
• 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；
• Clans are ruled by clan chieftains, or warlords, and a council of females, called matrons.
  每个氏族由族长或军阀率领，辅以有声望的年长妇女组成的议会。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was the most outstanding of all chieftains.
  他是历代土司中最杰出的一位。
• 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。