overlords

英 [ˈəʊvəlɔːdz]

美 [ˈoʊvərˌlɔrdz]

n.  (尤指旧时的)领主，庄主，大王
overlord的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 霸主；巨头
  If you refer to someone as anoverlord, you mean that they have great power and are likely to use it in a bad way.
  1. We really don't want to be the overlords of the Palestinian population...
     我们真的并不希望成为巴勒斯坦人民的太上皇。
  2. The running of Welsh rugby was left in chaos yesterday after a vote of no confidence in the game's overlords.
     昨天，在对威尔士橄榄球界几位巨头投了不信任票后，该运动的管理陷入一片混乱。
• N-COUNT （旧时的）君主，领主
  In former times, anoverlordwas someone who had power over many people.
  1. Henry II was the first king to be recognized as overlord of Ireland.
     亨利二世是第一位被承认为爱尔兰领主的国王。

双语例句

• The six-hour miniseries follows a breed of aliens called the Overlords, who manage to peacefully invade and rule Earth, and create a pseudo-utopia that comes at the price of human identity and culture.
  这部时长6小时的迷你剧讲述的是一支名叫Overlors的外星人族群企图以和平方式入侵地球，建立一个虚假的乌托邦来打击人类的自我认同和文化。
• Hat tip to bernanke-sponsored bedlam with a big assist from our central-planning fed overlords.
  表面看是伯南克引发了这场大震荡，掌握中央计划集权的美联储各大佬也是重要的帮凶。
• We have a few people now who act like overlords, and some of their behaviour is truly shocking.
  现在有少数人就是做官当老爷，有些事情实在不像话！
• SD: I've seen many people take her out, at certain moments, combined with Overlords generating creep.
  我见过不少玩家在某一特定时间，利用领主制造地衣，用女王进攻。
• Foreign car overlords enter China one after another, meanwhile, the homogeneity of the car products is strengthened progressively with increase of the style, the selling market of the domestic car has already been changed to the buyer's market fast from the seller's market.
  国外汽车霸主纷纷进入中国，与此同时，汽车产品的同质化随着车型的增多而逐步加强，国内汽车销售市场已经由卖方市场快速地向买方市场转变。
• Political background is: the spring and autumn period, royal majesty has collapsed, all want to be fierce struggle of central overlords.
  政治背景是：春秋时期，周王室的威严已经一落千丈，中原各诸侯国之间斗争激烈，都想做中原霸主。
• We cadres are ordinary workers and not overlords sitting on the backs of the people.
  我们干部是普通劳动者，不是骑在人民头上的老爷。
• Phoebe: Maybe the overlords needed them to steer their spacecrafts.
  也许统治者要求他们驾驶宇宙飞船。
• Later overlords were mostly derived from these great states.
  后来霸主大多来自这些伟大的国家。
• We must not catch the bad habit of "acting as overlords".
  我们不应该染上“当官做老爷”的坏习气。