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。
• Since 18th century, there has been three great shifts in Tujia Nationality ′ s dwelling, drinking and eating culture: the replacement of hereditary local chieftains with nonhereditary appointees from the central government;
  18世纪以来，土家族的居住饮食文化有三次大变迁：改土归流；
• 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。
• 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 institution of the chieftains 'gathering is a very effective ruling measure taken by the Qing government in the border minority areas.
  会盟制度是清政府在边境少数民族地区推行的非常有效的统治措施。
• There are dozens of other performance metrics that banking chieftains target, which are specific to the banking model.
  银行高管们还关注很多银行业务模式特有的指标。
• The greatest transformation of the social structure in Yunnan in the Ming dynasty was the emergence and formation of the intellectual gentry class, which changed the original social structure formed mainly by the tribal chieftains and members and made it similar to the interior of China.
  明代云南社会结构的最大变化是知识分子士绅阶层的勃兴与形成，从而改变了原来土酋与土民，或部落首领与部民为主的社会结构，促使云南的社会结构与中国内地基本趋于一致。
• He was the most outstanding of all chieftains.
  他是历代土司中最杰出的一位。
• 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；
• 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。