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。
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
A chief or superior; especially in South Africa, an African chief of the highest status in a region.
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.
The paramount of the region has the final word in land disputes.
该地区的最高酋长在土地纠纷中拥有最终决定权。
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.
村民们敬重他们的最高酋长，并把他们的关切告诉他。
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.
这个节日纪念所有曾治理这些山区的最高酋长。
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。
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。
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。
She became the paramount of the largest clan in the area.
她成了该地区最大部落的最高酋长。
表示头衔、身份时，as 后面可以直接用 paramount，不加冠词。
He was installed as paramount after his father died.
父亲去世后，他被立为最高酋长。
grammar · medium
易错句子He became paramount of the region after the old chief died.
正确表达He became the paramount of the region after the old chief died.
paramount 作名词表示“最高酋长、首领”，是可数名词，单数形式前必须有限定词，此处要加定冠词 the。汉语名词前一般不加冠词，中国学习者因此常漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子Several paramount attended the ceremony.
正确表达Several paramounts attended the ceremony.
paramount 作名词时复数形式是 paramounts；several 后面要用可数名词复数，须加 -s。汉语名词本身不体现单复数，学习者容易忽略英语的复数屈折变化。
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。
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。
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。
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