chief
n. 負責人; 首領; 酋長
adj. 主要的; 首席的
The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
...a commission appointed by the police chief.
警察局局長任命的委員會
...Putin's chief of security.
普金的安全部長
The chief of a tribe is its leader.
...Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains.
坐牛,大平原地區蘇人部族的酋長
Chief is used in the job titles of the most senior worker or workers of a particular kind in an organization.
...the chief test pilot.
首席試飛員
The chief cause, part, or member of something is the most important one.
Financial stress is well established as a chief reason for divorce...
經濟壓力被確認是導致離婚的首要原因。
The job went to one of his chief rivals.
那份工作被他的一個主要對手搶去了。
1. a person who is in charge;
2. a person who exercises control over workers;
1. most important element;
chief, head, leader, boss
這些名詞都指"擁有權力或統治權的人"。
chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary
這些形容詞均含有"首要的,主要的"之意。
chief cook and bottle-washer
(非正式)做多種重要日常工作的人,身兼鉅細的人
in chief
(紋章)在頂部;在上部。 參見 -in-chief
too many chiefs and not enough Indians
酋長太多,族人太少;官多兵少
The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded.
首惡必辦, 脅從不問,立功受獎.
Singing is her chief delight.
唱歌是她的主要愛好.
Peanuts now outrank cotton as the chief crop.
如今花生是比棉花更重要的主要產品.
The gang chief went everywhere accompanied by his henchman.
那流氓頭子到什麼地方都有手下的狗腿子跟著.
The chief engineer is very busy and can't be in attendance at today's meeting.
總工程師太忙了,不能出席今天的會議.