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Chief Tribes Police Important Adj 形容词 Job   [Adj

英语单词 chief
英美音标 英 [tʃiːf] 美 [tʃiːf]
中文释义 adj.主要的;首要的
n.首领
英语例句 (1) In USA, NewYork City is the chief seat of commerce.
(2) What are the chief exports of your country?
(3) Slow speed is the chief drawback of sea shipment.
(4) The chief interchanged the diamond with some pieces of glass.
(5) The chief of the police department demanded severe punishments for criminals.
中文例句 (1) 在美国,纽约是主要的商业中心。
(2) 你们国家有哪些主要的出口物品?
(3) 海运最大的缺点是速度慢。
(4) 那首领拿一些玻璃块替换了那些钻石。
(5) 警察局长要求严惩罪犯。
vocabulary简明 A chief is a leader, often of a tribe or clan. Native American tribes are headed by chiefs, and sometimes we call the president our "commander in chief."
vocabulary扩展 A chief is the head honcho, the big kahuna, the top dog. Tribes are lead by chiefs, but so are firefighters (fire chief), policeman (police chief), and companies (Chief Executive Officer or CEO). When used as an adjective, chief describes the most important element or main ingredient of something. You couldn't make mac and cheese without the chief ingredients: macaroni and cheese.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词](组织机构的)负责人,头儿,首领 The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
  [with supp]
  • ...a commission appointed by the police chief.

    警察局局长任命的委员会

  • ...Putin's chief of security.

    普金的安全部长

2
[N-COUNT; N-TITLE 可数名词;头衔名词]酋长;部落首领 The chief of a tribe is its leader.
  • ...Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains.

    坐牛,大平原地区苏人部族的酋长

3
[ADJ 形容词](用于职位头衔)主管的,首席的 Chief is used in the job titles of the most senior worker or workers of a particular kind in an organization.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...the chief test pilot.

    首席试飞员

4
[ADJ 形容词]主要的;最重要的 The chief cause, part, or member of something is the most important one.
  [ADJ n]
  • Financial stress is well established as a chief reason for divorce...

    经济压力被确认是导致离婚的首要原因。

  • The job went to one of his chief rivals.

    那份工作被他的一个主要对手抢去了。

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