音标:[tʃi:f] ; 柯林斯词典等级:5 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 领袖, 酋长, 长官, 主要部分
a. 主要的, 首位的
s. most important element
词型变化:名词复数形式 : chiefs
考试类型:[高考/四级/考研/托福/IELTS]
词性分布:
形容词56%
名词44%

chief的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. In USA, NewYork City is the chief seat of commerce.在美国,纽约是主要的商业中心。
  2. What are the chief exports of your country?你们国家有哪些主要的出口物品?
  3. Slow speed is the chief drawback of sea shipment.海运最大的缺点是速度慢。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The chief interchanged the diamond with some pieces of glass.那首领拿一些玻璃块替换了那些钻石。
  2. The chief of the police department demanded severe punishments for criminals.警察局长要求严惩罪犯。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. Who's the chief of state of this nation?谁是这个国家的首脑?
  2. The Queen is the chief of the armed forces by power.女皇理应是武装部队的统帅。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. The mayor displaced the police chief.市长把警察局局长撤换了。
  6. The plan was rejected yesterday by the hospital chief.这个计划昨天被医院院长否定了。
  7. The trade union chief boiled over when the men voted against him.那位工会首领在工人投他反对票时大发雷霆。
  8. The chief really chewed us up yesterday because of what we did.主任因我们所做的事而狠狠申斥了我们。
  9. Eisenhower was chief of the armed forces of the Allies in the Second World War.艾森豪威尔是二战时的盟军司令。
用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. He was the chief executive of IBM.他是国际商业机器公司的执行总裁。
  2. He was constituted chief adviser.他被任命为首席顾问。
  3. Our chief salesman has been connected with the shoe trade for twenty years.我们的营销主任已经做了20年的鞋业贸易。
  4. We have asked the chief engineer to pronounce on the effect of widening the bridge.我们已要求总工程师对加宽桥梁的效果发表自己的看法。
  5. The chief cadre in charge should bear greater responsibility.主要负责干部要多承担一些责任。
  6. Can you name the chief rivers of China?你能列举出中国的主要河流吗?
  7. This is one of the chief events of this year.这是本年度的大事之一。
  8. Rice is the chief crop in this area.水稻是这一地区的主要农作物。
  9. Smoking is one of the chief causes of lung cancer.吸烟是导致肺癌的主要原因之一。
  10. His chief joy centered in carrying for the children.他主要的乐趣集中在管教孩子们上。
  11. The chief purpose of a roof is to enclose the upper of a building as a protection against wind, rain and snow.房顶的主要用途是封闭房屋的上部以防风、雨和雪。
  12. We must focus on our sales force as the chief means of improving trade.我们必须把广开销路作为促进贸易的主要手段来加强。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. The prosecution's witness was chief.控方的证人很重要。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
形容词+~
  • feudal chiefs封建主
  • Indian chief印第安人酋长
  • low-born chief出身低微的首领
名词+~
  • branch chief支店店主
  • department chief部门主任
  • fire chief消防署署长
  • intelligence chief情报部长
  • laboratory chief实验室主任
  • party chief政党首领
  • secret chief特工首脑
介词+~
  • as chief to作为…的首领
~+介词
  • the chief of a family家长
  • the chief of a tribe酋长
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
  • chief clerk主要职员
  • chief conductor列车长
  • chief engineer总工程师
  • chief executive主管人
  • chief justice审判长,首席法官,法院院长
  • chief priest祭司长
  • the chief advantages主要优点
  • the chief attractions最惹人注目的事物,最吸引人的地方
  • the chief character主要人物
  • the chief danger主要危险
  • the chief difference主要的不同
  • the chief favorite主要的亲信
  • the chief lakes主要的湖泊
  • the chief link主要的环节
  • the chief part主要部分
  • the chief topic of conversation谈话的主要题目

经典引文

  • The chief of the kitchen.

    出自:Thackeray
  • Our old chief..has been appointed to a command in India.

    出自:G. J. Whyte
  • The king was paramount lord over a confederation of provincial chiefs.

    出自:C. G. Seligman
  • Vienna, which is the chiefe Citie of the Countrie.

    出自:R. Grafton
  • The chief cook regarded the..second cook as a creature of completely inferior station.

    出自:M. Lowry

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