英汉词典

chief 基本解释

• n. 首领；酋长；主要部分
• adj. 首席的；主要的；主任的
• adv. 主要地；首要地

chief 词态变化

chief 中文词源

来自词根cap, 头，词源同captain, chef.

chief 英文词源

chief

chief: [13] Etymologically, the chief is the ‘head’. The word comes via Old French chef or chief and Vulgar Latin *capum from Latin caput ‘head’. The adjectival use is equally as old as the noun use in English. Other English offshoots of *capum are cape and, via the diminutive form *capitellus, cadet, and it also forms the basis of achieve.

The form which has come through into modern French is, of course, chef, which entered English in the sense ‘cook’ (short for chef de cuisine ‘head of the kitchen’) in the 19th century. Chieftain [14] comes via Old French chevetaine from late Latin capitāneus (a derivative of caput ‘head’), which was later reborrowed as captain.
=> achieve, cadet, cape, captain, chef

chief (adj.)

c. 1300, "highest in rank or power; most important or prominent; supreme, best," from Old French chief "chief, principal, first" (10c., Modern French chef), from Vulgar Latin *capum (also source of Spanish and Portuguese cabo, Italian capo, Provençal cap), from Latin caput "head," also "leader, guide, chief person; summit; capital city" (see capitulum).

chief (n.)

c. 1300, "head, leader, captain; the principal or most important part of anything;" from Old French chief "leader, ruler, head" of something, "capital city" (10c., Modern French chef), from Vulgar Latin *capum, from Latin caput "head," also "leader, chief person; summit; capital city" (see capitulum). Meaning "head of a clan" is from 1570s; later extended to American Indian tribes. Commander-in-chief attested from 1660s.

chief 词组搭配

chief 英文释义

1. a person who is in charge;

"the head of the whole operation"

2. a person who exercises control over workers;

"if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

chief 同义词解析

chief, head, leader, boss

这些名词都指"拥有权力或统治权的人"。

chief： 最广泛用词，上可指最高统治者，下可指顶头上司，即可指任何一级的头头。

head： 多指一个机构或团体等的负责人或最高首长。

leader： 指国家、民族、政党、组织等的领导或领袖。强调领导能力、含有能够引导、指导、控制被领导者并获得其支持的意味。

boss： 非正式用词，多作口语用，可指任何负责人，也可指经理、老板或工头。

chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary

这些形容词均含有"首要的，主要的"之意。

chief： 指人时，表同类中职位最高，权力最大；指物时，表同类中最重要，价值最高。

principal： 用于人时，指地位优于其他人；用于物时，指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。

main： 通常只用于物。指在一定范围内，某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。

major： 指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较，显得更加重要和突出。

leading： 侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。

capital： 着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。

foremost： 侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。

primary： 通常不用于人。用于物时，指在重要性方面占第一位。

chief 双语例句

1. The programme of sell-offs has been implemented by the new chief executive.

新任总裁已经执行了抛售方案。

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2. The Chief Constable's clipped tones crackled over the telephone line.

电话线那头噼里啪啦地传来警察局长短促的声音。

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3. In the squash court his chief aim is to flatten me.

在壁球场上他的主要目标就是击败我。

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4. Their chief negotiator turned his critical eye on the United States.

他们的首席谈判代表以批判的眼光看美国。

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5. NATO remains the United States' chief institutional anchor in Europe.

北大西洋公约组织仍然是美国在欧洲首要的支柱机构。

来自柯林斯例句

chief 实用场景例句

the chief cause/problem/reason

主要原因 / 问题 / 理由

牛津词典

one of the President's chief rivals

总统的主要政敌之一

牛津词典

the Chief Education Officer

首席教育官

牛津词典

the chief financial officer of the company

公司的首席财务官

牛津词典

Detective Chief Inspector Williams

探长威廉斯

牛津词典

commander-in-chief

总司令

牛津词典

army/industry/police chiefs

部队首长；行业巨擘；警察局长

牛津词典

Chief Buthelezi

布特莱齐酋长

牛津词典

Chief Crazy Horse

“疯马”酋长

牛津词典

...a commission appointed by the police chief.

警察局局长任命的委员会

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...Putin's chief of security.

普金的安全部长

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...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

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the chief test pilot.

首席试飞员

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded.

首恶必办, 胁从不问,立功受奖.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Singing is her chief delight.

唱歌是她的主要爱好.

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Peanuts now outrank cotton as the chief crop.

如今花生是比棉花更重要的主要产品.

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The gang chief went everywhere accompanied by his henchman.

那流氓头子到什么地方都有手下的狗腿子跟着.

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The chief engineer is very busy and can't be in attendance at today's meeting.

总工程师太忙了,不能出席今天的会议.

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His chief playmate was his dog.

他的主要玩伴是他的狗.

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He gave the name of the chief culprit.

他供出了主犯的名字.

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His chief worry was that he might fail.

他最焦虑的是他可能不及格.

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The Chief Justice gave his judgement the week before.

首席法官于前一周做出判决.

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