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

• Originally tribes exchanged with tribe through the respective chiefs of the gentes;
  起初是部落和部落之间通过各自的氏族首长来进行交换；
• I'm ambassador macwhite. I've met the chiefs of section.
  我是麦克维大使，我已和各部门负责人见过了。
• 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。
• Holiday spots have seen a dramatic revival and tourist chiefs are competing for a slice of the action.
  各个度假点重又呈现出一派兴旺景象，旅游业的龙头老大们都在争着分一杯羹。
• The joint chiefs and most of the cabinet members are on their way here.
  联席会议和大部分内阁都在来这里的路上。
• 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。
• Japanese feudal chiefs had power of life and death over their subjects.
  在过去，日本的封建主对庶民操有生杀大权。
• 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。
• State governors and schools chiefs led the effort to develop the standards.
  各州州长和学校校长领导了该项标准。