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单词 chairwoman
释义
chairwoman
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃeəˌwʊm.ən/us
/ˈtʃerˌwʊm.ən/
plural-womenuk
/ˈtʃeəˌwɪm.ɪn/us
/ˈtʃerˌwɪm.ɪn/(alsochair);(chairperson)
a woman inchargeof ameetingororganization
（会议或组织的）女主持人，女主席
Synonym
president
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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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(Definition ofchairwomanfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Kate passed the message to the chairwoman.
  • Mrs. Cox was the chairwoman of the Committee.
  • Ruth was sent for and questioned by Miss Mackenzie, our chairwoman.
  • She turned from her responsive audience to the chairwoman, who handed her a yellow envelope.
  • When they were all seated round the table Miss Mackenzie, who was chairwoman, took out the agenda and read its contents aloud.

chairwoman| American Dictionary

chairwoman
noun[C]
us
/ˈtʃeərˌwʊm·ən/
plural-womenus/ˈtʃeərˌwɪm·ən/
a woman inchargeof ameeting,organization, ordepartment; achairperson
(Definition ofchairwomanfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

chairwoman| Business English

chairwoman
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃeəˌwʊmən/us
pluralchairwomen
MEETINGS
a woman who is inchargeof ameeting,committee, ororganization:
The Chairwoman of theStateBoard of Educationurgedlawmakersnot tocutpublicschoolfunding.

See also

chairnoun
chairman
chairperson
(Definition ofchairwomanfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchairwoman

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Although she was only part of the team, her name was on the parcels, being thechairwomanof the organisation.
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They were wonderful women, and thechairwomantold me again and again that she would never go into an institution.
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It is crucial that five persons should be represented in it: the chairman/chairwomanand the representatives of the four institutions involved.
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This is why consumers' councils need strong and intrepid chairmen or chairwomen who will carry out this task.
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We do not want to deter thechairwomanof the local abstinence union.
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She expounded the good reasons for saying "chairman"; but why not "chairwoman"?
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It will not be an easy task to appoint a chairman—orchairwoman—and executive directors of the new board.
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Its chairman orchairwomanmust be politically independent.
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I need clarification from thechairwomanof the committee responsible.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I hope that three women will be appointed to the commission, so why not create a chairman or achairwoman?
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Thechairwomanin question was a practising solicitor in that sphere.
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Some chief constables have had stormy relationships with chairmen and chairwomen of police authorities who, they felt, were taking too close an interest in day-to-day operational police duties.
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What is far more important is to get some children's books written where the "mum" instead of being a housewife, is thechairwomanof a development corporation.
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They prevent a chairman orchairwomansitting alone from hearing cases under eminently suitable jurisdictions where determinations are made on agreed matters of fact and principles of law.
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Eight chairmen and onechairwomanhave been appointed to nine of the 10 new boards, and the remaining board members have been, or are, in the process of being appointed.
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