chief
adj
noun
tʃiːf
adj
1
highest
in
rank
最高级的，首席的
only before noun 仅用于名词前
He
was
recently
appointed
chief
economist
at
the
Bank
of
Scotland.
他最近被任命为苏格兰银行的首席经济学家。
the
government’s
chief
medical
officer
政府的首席卫生官员
2
most
important
最重要的，主要的;
One
of
the
chief
causes
of
crime
today
is
drugs.
毒品是如今引发犯罪的主要原因之一。
Safety
is
our
chief
concern
.
安全问题是我们的头等大事。
The
chief
reason
for
this
is
that
people
are
living
longer.
这主要是因为人们更长寿了。
his
chief
rival
for
the
job
和他竞争这个工作的主要对手
the
prosecution’s
chief
witness
控方的主要证人
She
had
many
reasons
for
taking
the
money,
but
chief
among
them
was
revenge.
她拿这笔钱的原因有很多，但其中主要的原因是报复。
3
chief cook and bottle washer
someone
who
does
a
lot
of
small
jobs
to
make
sure
that
an
event
is
successful
–
used
humorously
事必躬亲的负责人，百管部长〔幽默用法〕
noun
4
SB IN CHARGE OF AN ORGANIZATION
组织的领导人
the
most
important
person,
or
one
of
the
most
important
people,
in
a
company
or
organization
–
used
especially
in
job
titles
and
in
news
reports
首领，领导人〔尤用于职位头衔和新闻报道中〕
police/army/fire
etc
chief
Los
Angeles
Police
Chief
Willie
L.
Williams
洛杉矶警察局长威利．L．威廉斯
[+
of
]
commander-in-chief/editor-in-chief
etc
(used
in
job
titles
for
people
with
the
highest
rank)
总指挥/总编辑等
the
British
Chief
of
Defence
Staff
Most
health
chiefs
believe
the
reforms
have
gone
too
far.
industry
chiefs
They
offered
him
the
position
of
editor-in-chief.
英国国防部参谋长 •Most health chiefs believe the reforms have gone too far. 大多数卫生部领导人都觉得改革搞得过火了。 大多数卫生部领导人都觉得改革搞得过火了。 工业界领袖 他们请他当总编。
the
British
Chief
of
Defence
Staff
Most
health
chiefs
believe
the
reforms
have
gone
too
far.
英国国防部参谋长 •Most health chiefs believe the reforms have gone too far. 大多数卫生部领导人都觉得改革搞得过火了。 大多数卫生部领导人都觉得改革搞得过火了。
Most
health
chiefs
believe
the
reforms
have
gone
too
far.
大多数卫生部领导人都觉得改革搞得过火了。
industry
chiefs
工业界领袖
commander-in-chief/editor-in-chief
etc
(used
in
job
titles
for
people
with
the
highest
rank)
总指挥/总编辑等
They
offered
him
the
position
of
editor-in-chief.
他们请他当总编。
5
RULER OF TRIBE
部落首领
the
ruler
of
a
tribe
部落首领，酋长
the
Zulu
leader,
Chief
Mangosuthu
Buthelezi
祖鲁族首领，曼戈苏图．布特莱齐酋长
Native
American
tribal
chiefs
印第安人部落酋长
6
too many chiefs and not enough Indians
used
to
say
there
are
too
many
people
saying
how
something
should
be
done
and
not
enough
people
doing
it
[英] 官多兵少; 动嘴的多，动手的少
BrE
7
great white chief
the
person
in
charge
of
a
group
of
people,
company,
organization
etc
–
used
humorously
[英，过时] 首领， 头目， 上司〔幽默用法〕
BrE old-fashioned