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单词 chief
释义
chief
adjective[before noun]
uk
/tʃiːf/us
/tʃiːf/

chiefadjective[before noun](MOST IMPORTANT)

B2
mostimportantormain:
首要的；最重要的；最主要的
The chiefproblemwe have in theareanow is thespreadofdisease.目前我们在这一地区面临的首要问题是疾病的蔓延。
Theweatherwasourchiefreasonfor coming here.天气是我们来这里的主要原因。
More examples
  • My chiefconcernis topreventanyspreadof thedisease.
  • Coffee andriceare the country's chiefexports.
  • Cars are the chiefreasonfor the city'spollutionlevels.
  • You musttrytorelaxand not toworry- that's the chief thing.
  • The chiefsuspectfor therobberyis aCaucasianmale.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Very important or urgent
  • all-important
  • at all cost(s)idiom
  • be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
  • clutch
  • co-principal
  • considerable
  • life-changing
  • mainly
  • major league
  • make the world go around/roundidiom
  • marmoreal
  • meaningful
  • pressing
  • prominent
  • radical
  • revalorization
  • revalorize
  • sacred
  • salient
  • subtle
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chiefadjective[before noun](PERSON IN CHARGE)

B2
highestinrank:
最高级别的；首席的
the chieffireofficer/accountant消防局局长／首席会计师
More examples
  • The newpolicechief has really made hispresencefelt.
  • The chief ofpolicesaid that he wascommittedtowipingoutvicein thecity.
  • He was aZuluchief.
  • They had toconsultwiththeirchiefs.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Important people and describing important people
  • august
  • baron
  • be the cat's whiskersidiom
  • doyen
  • doyenne
  • FLOTUS
  • get oversomething/someone
  • get over yourself!idiom
  • grandee
  • guest of honour
  • Mister Big
  • mogul
  • moment
  • movers and shakers
  • MVP
  • nibs
  • superiority
  • the big boys
  • the big enchiladaidiom
  • the grand old man ofsomethingidiom
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chief
noun[C]
uk
/tʃiːf/us
/tʃiːf/
B2
thepersoninchargeof agroupororganization, or therulerof atribe:
领导人；首领；头目；酋长
apolicechief警察局局长
A new chiefofthesecurityforceshas just beenappointed.刚刚任命了一位新的保安队队长。
[as form of address]UKhumorousCan yousignthisformfor me, chief?长官，您能给我在这张表上签字吗？
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
People in charge of or controlling other people
  • acephalous
  • administrator
  • anti-management
  • authority
  • bureaucrat
  • controller
  • council
  • counter-power
  • dean
  • deputy
  • management
  • manipulator
  • mistress
  • movers and shakers
  • too many chiefs and not enough Indiansidiom
  • top dog
  • troika
  • tsar
  • vice president
  • yourlord and masteridiom
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Idiom

too many chiefs and not enough Indians
(Definition ofchieffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

chief| American Dictionary

chief
adjective[not gradable]
us
/tʃif/

chiefadjective[not gradable](MOST IMPORTANT)

mostimportant:
Their chiefobjectionto theappointmentwas that she had nojudicialexperience.

chiefadjective[not gradable](PERSON IN CHARGE)

highestinpositionorpower:
the chiefeconomist/engineer/nurse
He ischairmanand chiefexecutiveof thecompany.
chief
noun[C]
us
/tʃif/

chiefnoun[C](PERSON IN CHARGE)

thepersoninchargeof agroupororganization, or therulerof atribe(= agroupoffamilies):
the chief ofpolice
(Definition ofchieffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

chief| Business English

chief
adjective
uk
/tʃiːf/us
biggestor mostimportant;main:
Our chiefconcernrightnow is getting all thesegoodsout onto theshelves.
Coffee andriceare the country's chiefexports.
highestinrank:
thechiefaccountant/securityofficer
chief
noun[C]
uk
/tʃiːf/us
apersonwho is inchargeof agroupororganization:
apolice/firechief
thechief ofpolice
(Definition ofchieffrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchief

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Though chiefs and chieftaincy are considered traditional artefacts of society, they require the invigorating authorisation and recognition of the state to operate with validity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Since 1979, there have been no female chiefs.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As many respondents articulated, chiefs only have power if they are with the people.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Beginning in the early 1990s, chiefs began to allow their communities to ' elect ' izinduna and traditional councillors.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Rather than resist the implementation of new rules and practices, many chiefs have attempted to recast themselves as the ' authentic representatives ' of local communities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In addition, there are many examples where the elected councillor serves as part of the chief's isigungu as well.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Like elected village chiefs, the currently nominated mayors find themselves in an ambiguous situation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Alternatively the resident sends a representative, accompanied by the deputy chiefs of the same seven villages, to investigate and resolve the case.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Most of the assistant investigative squad chiefs served concurrently as guard battalion chiefs.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Neither the ' urban politicians ', the ' rural farmers ', nor the ' traditional chiefs ' were homogeneous groups, as a wide range of recent studies have sought to show.
From theCambridge English Corpus
According to this argument, chiefs who accepted bribes were guilty of violating custom.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They and the major chiefs conducted sowing and first fruit rituals.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Contrast this with the following estimated numbers of chiefs (no names) which are much higher.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In normal parlance, chiefs who are forced to abdicate are destooled, not de-skinned.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the villages, however, the regime run by these administrators and chiefs appeared neglectful, capriciously oppressive and deeply corrupt.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithchief

chief

These are words often used in combination withchief.

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acting chief
Itsactingchiefexecutive said as much on the radio recently.
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Hansard archive
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assistant chief
During that period he will hold the rank ofassistantchiefconstable but continue to enjoy his former conditions of service as a chief constable.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
battalion chief
Within each division operate four to seven battalions, led by abattalionchiefand typically consisting of 180-200 firefighters and officers.
From
Wikipedia
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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