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Boss Person Charge Manager Organization Company I English

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]老板;上司 Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
  [usu with supp]
  • He cannot stand his boss...

    他无法忍受他的老板。

  • Occasionally I have to go and ask the boss for a rise.

    有时我不得不找老板要求加薪。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]领导;头儿;发号施令者 If you are the boss in a group or relationship, you are the person who makes all the decisions.
  [usu the N in sing]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • He thinks he's the boss.

    他认为自己是头儿。

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[VERB 动词]对…颐指气使;对…指手画脚 If you say that someone bosses you, you mean that they keep telling you what to do in a way that is irritating.
  [V n prep/adv]
  [V n]
  [V n P]
  [Also V P n (not pron)]
  • We cannot boss them into doing more...

    我们不能再差遣他们做更多的事了。

  • 'You are not to boss me!' she shouted.

    “你不能指挥我!”她喊道。

  • Boss around, or in British English boss about, means the same as boss .boss around,boss about(英国英语)同boss
    • He started bossing people around and I didn't like what was happening.

      他开始把别人差来遣去,而我不喜欢他这样。

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[PHRASE 短语]为自己打工;自己拿主意 If you are your own boss, you work for yourself or make your own decisions and do not have anyone telling you what to do.
  [V inflects]
  • I'm very much my own boss and no one interferes with what I do.

    我自己很有主见,没有人干预我做的事。

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Oxford boss / bɒs ; NAmE bɔːs ; bɑːs /
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noun 1 a person who is in charge of other people at work and tells them what to do 老板;工头;领班 I'll ask my boss if I can have the day off. 我要问一下老板我能不能请一天假。 I like being my own boss (= working for myself and making my own decisions). 我喜欢自己做老板,自己拿主意。 Who's the boss (= who's in control)in this house? 这个家里谁说了算? 2 ( informal) a person who is in charge of a large organization 总经理;领导 the new boss at IBM 国际商用机器公司的新领导 Hospital bosses protested at the decision. 医院领导们抗议这一决定。 IDIOMsee
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verb bosssb (about/around) to tell sb what to do in an aggressive and/or annoying way 对(某人)发号施令 I'm sick of you bossing me around! 我讨厌你对我指手画脚。 adjective ( slang) very good 很好的 boss / bɒs ; NAmE bɔːs ; bɑːs /
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bossboss1 /bɒs $ bɒːs/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable]
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1the person who employs you or who is in charge of you at workemployer, manager, supervisor:  I’ll have to ask my boss for a day off. Since I’m my own boss (=I work for myself, rather than for an employer), my hours are flexible.2informal someone with an important position in a company or other organization:  the new boss at Paramount Pictures union bosses3the person who is the strongest in a relationship, who controls a situation etc:  When you first start training a dog, it’s important to let him see that you’re the boss. You’ve got to show the kids who’s boss.4a round decoration on the surface of something, for example on the ceiling of an old buildingTHESAURUSboss the person who is in charge of you at work. Boss sounds rather informal. The usual word to use in more formal English is manager: · Does your boss know you're looking for another job?manager the person in charge of a business such as a shop, a bank, or a hotel, or of a part of a business: · I'd like to speak to the hotel manager.· the sales manager· the manager of an Italian restauranthead the person who is in charge of an organization or a department within that organization: · the head of the CIA· My wife's head of the French department at the university.· He was the former head of the American Cancer Society.chief the most important person or one of the most important people in an organization such as the police, the fire department, or the army: · the chief of police· police/army/fire chiefs· Health chiefs have secured cash to build two new hospitals.president especially American English the person who is in charge of a large company or a department within a company: · the president of CBS news· Angry shareholders called for the resignation of the company president.managing director British English the person who is in charge of the daily management of a company or organization: · He's the managing director of a small printing firm.chief executive (also chief executive officer, CEO) the person who is in charge of the daily management of a company: · the CEO of General Motors· Universal Studios is looking for a new chief executive.supervisor someone who is in charge of a group of workers, whose job is to make sure that the workers do what the manager wants: · He was employed as a warehouse supervisor.line manager the manager who is directly in charge of you in a company: · If you want to take a holiday, first ask your line manager.report to somebody if you report to someone in a company, that person is directly in charge of you: · Jan is based in Birmingham and reports to the Head of Marketing.
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to tell people to do things, give them orders etc, especially when you have no authority to do itboss somebody about British English, boss somebody around American English Five-year-old girls love to boss people around.
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very good, attractive, or fashionable:  a boss car
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boss

[bɒs]bossed, bossing, bosses

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老板(86%),上司(8%),指挥(3%),管理(2%),首脑(1%)
n.老板;首领;工头
vt.指挥,调遣;当…的领导
vi.当首领,发号施令
n.(Boss)人名;(英、法、德、西、瑞典)博斯

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