- 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."
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- n. 首领；酋长
- adj. 为首的；主要的
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1. chief and subordinate
主管和属下
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2. the chief cause, the chief problem, the chief reason
主要原因╱问题╱理由
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3. one of the President's chief rivals
总统的主要政敌之一
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4. the Chief Education Officer
首席教育官
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5. the chief financial officer of the company
公司的首席财务官
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6. commander-in-chief
总司令
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7. army chiefs, industry chiefs, police chiefs
部队首长；行业巨擘；警察局长
- chief (adj.) c. 1300, "highest in rank or power; most important or prominent; supreme, best, placed above the rest," from Old French chief "chief, principal, first" (10c., Modern French chef), from Vulgar Latin *capum (also source of Spanish and Portuguese cabo, Italian capo, Provençal cap), from Latin caput "head," also "leader, guide, chief person; summit; capital city" (from PIE root *kaput- "head").
- chief (n.) c. 1300, "head, leader, captain; the principal or most important part of anything;" from Old French chief "leader, ruler, head" of something, "capital city" (10c., Modern French chef), from Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput "head," also "leader, chief person; summit; capital city" (from PIE root *kaput- "head"). Meaning "head of a clan" is from 1570s; later extended to headmen of American Indian tribes (by 1713; William Penn, 1680s, called them kings). Commander-in-chief attested from 1660s.
chief ★ / tʃiːf ; NAmE tʃiːf / adjective , noun chief chiefs adjective ★ [only before noun ] 1 ★ most important 最重要的；首要的；主要的 ◆ the chief cause/problem/reason 主要原因╱问题╱理由 ◆ one of the President's chief rivals 总统的主要政敌之一 ☞synonyms at main 2 ★ ( oftenChief ) highest in rank 最高级别的；为首的；首席的 ◆ the Chief Education Officer 首席教育官 ◆ the chief financial officer of the company 公司的首席财务官 ◆ Detective Chief Inspector Williams 探长威廉斯 3 -in-ˈchief ( in nouns 构成名词 ) of the highest rank 最高级别的；为首的 ◆ commander-in-chief 总司令 ☞see also chiefly noun ★ 1 ★ a person with a high rank or the highest rank in a company or an organization （公司或机构的）首领，头目，最高领导人 ◆ army/industry/police chiefs 部队首长；行业巨擘；警察局长 2 ( often as a title 常用作头衔 ) a leader or ruler of a people or community 首领；酋长；族长 ◆ Chief Buthelezi 布特莱齐酋长 ◆ Chief Crazy Horse “疯马”酋长 IDIOM too many ˌchiefs and not enough ˈIndians ( BrE) ( informal) used to describe a situation in which there are too many people telling other people what to do, and not enough people to do the work 将多兵少；官多兵少 chief / tʃiːf ; NAmE tʃiːf /
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