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paramount
首领;最高酋长
核心释义
A chief or superior; especially in South Africa, an African chief of the highest status in a region.
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首领或上级;(特别是南非)在某地区地位最高的非洲酋长;最高酋长
A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.
首领或上级;(特别是南非)在某地区地位最高的非洲酋长;最高酋长;首长;最高当局
用法In use
The paramount of the region has the final word in land disputes.
用法提示:paramount 作单数名词,指“最高酋长”,在句中作主语。
The villagers respected their paramount and brought their concerns to him.
用法提示:paramount 作名词,表示“最高酋长”,在句中作宾语。
The festival honors all the paramounts who once governed these hills.
用法提示:paramounts 是名词复数形式,指“多位最高酋长”,在句中作宾语。
a paramount
paramount 作名词时是可数名词,泛指某一位最高酋长时前面要用 a/an。
The elders elected a paramount to lead the whole region.
长老们选出一位最高酋长来统领整个地区。
the paramount of sth
用 of 引出这位最高酋长所统领的部落或地区,前面用定冠词 the。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- paramount chief
- 最高酋长;大酋长
- He was installed as paramount chief of the region.他被立为该地区的最高酋长。
- paramount chiefs
- 诸位最高酋长
- Colonial officials negotiated with the paramount chiefs.殖民官员与几位最高酋长进行了谈判。
- the paramount chief of the tribe
- 部落的最高酋长
- The paramount chief of the tribe settled the dispute.部落的最高酋长解决了这场争端。
近义词Synonyms
学习提示Learner notes
语法说明Grammar Note
主要用于南非英语,指一个地区的最高酋长。
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