godfathers

英 [ˈgɒdˌfɑːðəz]

美 [ˈgɑdˌfɑðərz]

n. 教父; 代父; (犯罪组织，尤指黑手党的)头面人物，首领; 发起者; 开拓者
godfather的复数

教父
A godfather is a male godparent.
N-COUNT 犯罪集团的头目；黑帮老大
A powerful man who is at the head of a criminal organization is sometimes referred to as a godfather .
1. ...the feared godfather of the Mafia.
  令人畏惧的黑手党头目
N-COUNT 开拓者；发起者；创始人
You can refer to a man who started or developed something such as a style of music as the godfather of that thing.
1. ...the godfather of soul, James Brown.
  灵乐的开创者詹姆斯· 布朗

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"The godfathers," Studwell concludes, "have been much more the beneficiaries than the instigators of growth."
斯塔威尔得出结论：“教父们更多的是经济增长的受益者，而不是推动者。”
The other reality that the Tunisian case reveals is the impotence of the French, Italian or American "godfathers" to prevent the collapse of a "friendly regime"( 17).
突尼斯事件的其他现实情况表明，“教父”法国，意大利或美国防止“友好政权”崩溃的重要性（17）。
Macefield said she was born in Oregon, and raised in Seattle and New Orleans, by her mother and two doting godfathers who shared their talents with her.
梅斯菲尔德说自己出生于俄勒冈州，在西雅图及新奥尔良长大，母亲与两个教父把他们的天分遗传给了她。