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单词 commander
释义
commander
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈmɑːn.dər/us
/kəˈmæn.dɚ/
C2(alsoCommander)
anofficerwho is inchargeof amilitaryoperation, or anofficerof aparticularrankin manycountries'navalforces:
指挥官，长官；海军军衔
Commander Phillips/James Phillips菲利普斯海军中校／詹姆斯·菲利普斯
[as form of address]Yes, Commander.是，长官。
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commandant
More examples
  • Thesoldiersfiredassoonastheircommander gave theorder.
  • The commanderpaidtributeto thecourageof histroops.
  • The commander hasaskedus tosendreinforcements.
  • Thetroopswill go intoactionassoonastheircommander gives the word.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ranks in the Navy
  • able seaman
  • admiral
  • commodore
  • fleet admiral
  • midshipman
  • petty officer
  • PO
  • quartermaster
  • rear admiral
  • seaman
  • sub lieutenant
(Definition ofcommanderfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

commander| American Dictionary

commander
noun[C]
us
/kəˈmæn·dər/
anavalofficerofmiddlerank, abovelieutenant
(Definition ofcommanderfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcommander

commander
Demissie allowed his field commanders sufficient freedom of action while demanding full accountability.
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Thecommander, after widespread pressure from the other soldiers, decided to fulfil the requests and ordered an excavation to be carried out.
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The average salary per soldier is about $3,500 per month, with top helicopter pilots and country commanders earning about $7,500.
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Some pundits charged that the military's complete decay, especially the cowardice and incompetence of its commanders, had precipitated the debacle of 1847.
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The general staff itself consisted of officers proven as unit commanders.
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Among the graduates are the military commanders who staged the 1980 coup.
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To the military commanders of many of these countries, he strove to become an admired acquaintance, if not a close friend.
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My informants also insisted that zonal commanders, political officials and civilians organised relations between civilians and guerrillas differently, particularly during early phases of the war.
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A law passed in 1991 gave the president carte blanche in the appointment of thecommander-in-chief and the removal of top officers.
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However, the heavy losses their troops sustained between 1914 and 1916 disabused commanders of many of these ideas.
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The rivalry betweencommanderand commissar was particularly intense because all orders or directives had to be co-signed by the two officers.
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Obviously, thecommanderhere is unwilling to comply with his orders.
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In other cases, it may be that the political representatives of a rebel movement tend to have a different background from field commanders.
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Certainly the appointment of general officers and the selection of senior commanders were not viewed primarily as partisan patronage opportunities by the national administration.
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This becomes most apparent in brigade commanders' and technicians' reports detailing problems at the 'work front'.
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Collocationswithcommander

commander

These are words often used in combination withcommander.

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base commander
The base commander or another senior war veteran would walk the plot boundaries with the settlers from either side fixing the demarcation lines.
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battlefield commander
On the basis of "use them or lose them", there is an increasing temptation for a battlefield commander to use these pieces.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
brigade commander
These brigades train on a mechanised basis in peace, except that the battery staffs may be horsed if thebrigadecommanderthinks it desirable.
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Hansard archive
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