chief

[tʃi:f]

adj.主要的, 首要的
n.首领

n.

1. 首领; 领袖; 长官[C]

The president is also the chief of the armed forces.

总统也是三军的统帅。

2. 酋长; 族长[C]

an Indian chief

印第安酋长

3. 【旧】【口】(表示敬意或客气的称呼)先生, 老板

a.[B][Z]

1. 等级最高的, 为首的

Don was appointed chief engineer of the project.

唐被委任为该项工程的总工程师。

2. 最重要的, 主要的

The chief reason for going to school is to learn.

上学的主要原因是为了学习。

词形变化

名词: chiefdom |

词义辨析

同义:

n.首领; 领袖

leader  head  authority  

同义参见:

foremost  fore  supreme  governor  first  ruler  principal  premier  director  predominant  central  paramount  administrator  cardinal  commander  captain  capital  primary  significant  monarch  maximum  master  manager  main  leading  king  important  cock  high  

反义:

a.为首的; 最重要的

subordinate  subservient  

英英释义

名词 chief:

a person who is in charge

同义词：head, top dog

a person who exercises control over workers

同义词：foreman, gaffer, honcho, boss

形容词 chief:

most important element

同义词：main, primary, principal

短语词组

in chief

1. 主要地

I did so for many reasons, and this one in chief.

我这样做的理由很多, 而这个是主要的。

补充

chiefchief英:[tʃi:f] 美:[tʃif]adj.1.级别最高的; 总的He was constituted chief adviser.他被任命为首席顾问。2.主要的, 最重要的n.1.族长, 酋长2.首领, 首长

例句

1. Land in the village is allocated by the chief.村里的土地是由村长分配的。 2. a commission appointed by the police chief由警长任命的委员会 3. Putin's chief of security普京的警卫长 4. The job went to one of his chief rivals.这项工作落到了他的主要竞争者手里。 5. His country is one of the chief sources of cocaine.他的国家是可卡因的主要来源地之一。 6. His chief reason for resigning was the low pay.他辞职的主要原因是薪酬太低。 7. The letter was, in chief, intended to allay fears.这封信主要是用来缓解恐慌情绪的。 8. the chief of the village.村长。 9. a Masai chief.马萨伊人酋长。 10. [as title]chief Banawi.巴纳威酋长。 11. a union chief.工会主席。 12. the chief of police.警察局局长。 13. it's quite simple, chief.这很简单，头儿。 14. the chief reason for the spending cuts.削减开支的主要理由。 15. chief among her concerns is working alone at night.她最担忧的是晚上要独自工作。 16. the Queen's chief minister.女王的首相。 17. the chief of police警察局局长 18. One of the chief reasons for his decision was money.他作出这个决定，主要原因之一是为了钱。 19. the chief executive of a company公司的总裁 20. She's the chief of surgery [=the doctor who is in charge of the surgical department] at the hospital.她是这个医院的外科主任。 21. the police chief = the chief of police警长 22. the fire chief [=the head of a department of firefighters]消防队长 23. an Indian chief [=the leader of a tribe of Native Americans]美洲印第安人部落酋长 24. the chief engineer on the project这一项目的总工程师 25. the company's chief executive公司总裁 26. Her job is their chief source of income.她的工作是他们的主要收入来源。 27. their chief accomplishment他们的主要成就 28. our chief competitor我们的主要竞争对手 29. "He has many concerns, chief among them his health."他担忧很多事，其中最主要的是他的健康。