sheik
noun[C]
(alsosheikh)us/ʃik,ʃeɪk/anArableader
| 单词 | sheik |
| 释义 | sheik noun[C] (alsosheikh)us/ʃik,ʃeɪk/anArableader Examplesofsheiksheik In practice, they are bolstering the sheiks and sultans, and a federation of this kind will never work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, this money comes from overseas —in fact, from the oil sheiks—but this position cannot continue indefinitely. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But who paid first to square the sheiks of that region? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is said that once two sheiks were crossing the desert on two camels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Must almost all of it go into the pockets of sheiks and princelings and others? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A great deal of money is deposited by the sheiks and that money can be withdrawn just as easily as it has been placed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The only people left to sign the agreement were a small group of sheiks, rulers and sultans who were accountable to no one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The only people who signed it with him were about four sheiks and sultans who had no visible means of support and who represented nobody. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is very like thesheikwho displays his pleasure at the faithfulness of his eunuch by granting him the freedom of his harem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was asheikwho was accused of making some false statement, and he was allowed to affirm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The sheiks will not readily yield their personal power. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody thanks the oil sheiks who have made it possible by raising the price and justifying in economic terms, at the present moment, the production of our own oil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Can we really doubt that there will be a wider distribution of power, or believe that the unlimited authority of kings and sheiks will remain as they are at present? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not therefore vitally important to deal with subversion as firmly as possible wherever it occurs and to give the maximum support to the allied sheiks? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We did not agree with them when they did that, and we are really being no better now than the oil sheiks were at that time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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