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

• We read a story about some Indian chiefs.
  我们读了一篇关于几个印第安酋长的故事。
• Tomorrow, Secretary Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen head over to the House Arm Services Committee.
  明天，盖茨部长和美国参谋长联席会议主席马伦将前往众议院军事委员会。
• 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。
• Water industry chiefs were rapped yesterday for failing their customers
  昨天，水利行业的头头们因为怠慢客户而受到批评。
• Some senior security chiefs have sent their families to the province.
  一些高级安全官员已经把他们的家人都送到了这个省份。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• In his lectures to angry comrades, his genes as the scion of chiefs were to the fore.
  当他对着愤怒的同志们演讲时，他作为酋长后裔的基因凸显了出来。