chief
英 [t?i?f]
美[t?if]
- n. 首領(lǐng)；酋長(zhǎng)；主要部分
- adj. 首席的；主要的；主任的
- adv. 主要地；首要地
詞組搭配
chief cook and bottle-washer
(informal)a person who performs a variety of important but routine tasks
(非正式)做多種重要日常工作的人，身兼巨細(xì)的人
in chief
(Heraldry)at the top; in the upper part
(紋章)在頂部；在上部。 參見(jiàn) -in-chief
too many chiefs and not enough Indians
used to describe a situation where there are too many people giving orders and not enough people to carry them out
酋長(zhǎng)太多，族人太少；官多兵少
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The programme of sell-offs has been implemented by the new chief executive.
- 新任總裁已經(jīng)執(zhí)行了拋售方案。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Chief Constable's clipped tones crackled over the telephone line.
- 電話(huà)線那頭噼里啪啦地傳來(lái)警察局長(zhǎng)短促的聲音。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. In the squash court his chief aim is to flatten me.
- 在壁球場(chǎng)上他的主要目標(biāo)就是擊敗我。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Their chief negotiator turned his critical eye on the United States.
- 他們的首席談判代表以批判的眼光看美國(guó)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. NATO remains the United States' chief institutional anchor in Europe.
- 北大西洋公約組織仍然是美國(guó)在歐洲首要的支柱機(jī)構(gòu)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句