例句
英语四级真题
When Captain Cook asked the chiefs in Tahiti why they always are apart and alone, they replied, "Because it is right.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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N-COUNT
(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.
例句
...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
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N-COUNT; N-TITLE
酋长;部落首领
The chief of a tribe is its leader.
例句
...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
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ADJ
(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.
例句
...the chief test pilot.
首席试飞员
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ADJ
主要的;最重要的
The chief cause, part, or member of something is the most important one.
例句
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。