chiefs

英 [tʃiːfs]

美 [tʃifs]

n.  (公司或机构的)首领，头目，最高领导人; 首领; 酋长; 族长
chief的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (组织机构的)负责人，头儿，首领
  Thechiefof an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
  1. ...a commission appointed by the police chief.
     警察局局长任命的委员会
  2. ...Putin's chief of security.
     普金的安全部长
• N-COUNT; N-TITLE 酋长;部落首领
  Thechiefof a tribe is its leader.
  1. ...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
• ADJ (用于职位头衔)主管的，首席的
  Chiefis used in the job titles of the most senior worker or workers of a particular kind in an organization.
  1. ...the chief test pilot.
     首席试飞员
• ADJ 主要的;最重要的
  Thechiefcause, part, or member of something is the most important one.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• After a restful voyage, we were welcomed by the war Cabinet and Chiefs of Staff.
  这次安适的航行结束后，我们受到了战时内阁阁员和三军参谋长们的欢迎。
• The Irish chiefs had done their homage and taken their oaths in one language only, Irish.
  爱尔兰的首领们在归降称臣和宣誓效忠时，只用一种语言，就是爱尔兰语。
• France assumed the status of protector by signing treaties with Gabonese coastal chiefs in 1839 and 1841.
  法国人于1839年和1841年与加蓬海岸的酋长签署条约，成为他们的保护者。
• The Joint Chiefs of staff act as the main military advisors to the US president.
  参谋长联席会议充当美国总统主要的军事顾问。
• And their chiefs of staff too.
  和他们的主要下属。
• Yet other, more traditional companies, even in the financial industry, have hired culture chiefs as well.
  但其它更为传统的公司，甚至金融行业的公司都聘用了文化官员。
• This staff will merely be a great pad between the theatre commanders and the Combined Chiefs of Staff.
  而这些人员只会成为战区司令官和联合参谋长委员会之间的一个庞大的缓冲队伍。
• But Ivanisevic's no-show will be a blow for Wimbledon chiefs.
  但伊万尼塞维奇不能参赛对温布尔登主办方将是一个重大打击。
• Police chiefs strongly defended police conduct against a wave of criticism.
  针对批评的浪潮，警察局长们极力为警方的行为进行辩护。
• Kings, chiefs, and bishops have always chosen me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom.
  国王、酋长和主教总是选择我，因为我是权威和智慧的象征。