Chief
[tʃiːf] or [tʃif]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) most important element; 'the chief aim of living'; 'the main doors were of solid glass'; 'the principal rivers of America'; 'the principal example'; 'policemen were primary targets'; 'the master bedroom'; 'a master switch' .
手打:西摩--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent.
(n.) The principal part; the most valuable portion.
(n.) The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs.
(a.) Highest in office or rank; principal; head.
(a.) Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man.
(a.) Very intimate, near, or close.
錄入:帕特里斯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Leading, supreme, headmost, first, supreme, most eminent.[2]. Principal, main, prime, vital, especial, great, grand, cardinal, master, most important.
n. [1]. Chieftain, commander.[2]. Leader, head, corypheus, principal person.
整理:纳撒尼尔
同義詞及反義詞：
[See CHIEFTAIN]
安德烈整理
解釋/意思:
adj. head: principal highest first: (Scot.) intimate.—adv. chiefly.—n. a head or principal person: a leader: the principal part or top of anything: (her.) an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line generally made to occupy one-third of the area of the shield.—ns. Chief′-bar′on the President of the Court of Exchequer; Chief′dom Chief′ship state of being chief: sovereignty; Chief′ery an Irish chieftaincy: the dues paid to a chief; Chief′ess a female chief; Chief′-jus′tice (see Justice).—adj. Chief′less without a chief or leader.—adv. Chief′ly in the first place: principally: for the most part.—ns. Chief′ry a rent paid to the supreme lord: a chief's lands; Chief′tain the head of a clan: a leader or commander:—fem. Chief′tainess; Chief′taincy Chief′tainship; Chief′tainry.—In chief (her.) means that the charge is borne in the upper part of the shield: applied to holding land directly from the sovereign: at the head as commander-in-chief.
錄入:特德
例句/造句/用法:
- Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Probably the chief cause of devotion to rigidity of method is, however, that it seems to promise speedy, accurately measurable, correct results. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- His chief interest lay in speculation. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The chief waiter had had enough of me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- It was early used in both the Holland and Lake boats and is still the chief prime motor. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This Mr. Will was commander-in-chief of Worcester's servants. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The Duke of St. Austrey, who sat at his hostess's right, was naturally the chief figure of the evening. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The days of Homer were his ideal, when a man was chief of an army of heroes, or spent his years in wonderful Odyssey. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The Chief Butler, erect and calm, replied in these memorable words. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The chief writer of this Pan-Hellenic movement was Isocrates. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- How would the lady-chief of an English school approve this custom? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Their chief Khan was the Khan of the Golden Horde. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Friends, said the Chief, looking round, the old man is but a Jew, natheless his grief touches me. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- And a man discovered by the chiefs is dead. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The magicians usually believed more or less in their own magic, the priests in their ceremonies, the chiefs in their right. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Confusedly in response to that demand, bold men, wise men, shrewd and cunning men were arising to become magicians, priests, chiefs, and kings. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Chanted originally to the chiefs and leading men in hall, they were now recited at the public festivals. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The subalterns receive orders from their chiefs; they are in a good state of discipline; no blow is struck without mature deliberation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- And he made acquaintance with the ministers, and the chiefs of his party, determining to rank as one of them before many years were over. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- At the meeting of the chiefs, this plan was finally concluded upon. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- They buried the ashes of their chiefs and important people in round barrows. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Both the Saxon chiefs were made prisoners at the same moment, and each under circumstances expressive of his character. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- They are presented as patriarchal Bedouin chiefs, living the life of nomadic shepherds in the country between Babylonia and Egypt. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Make all requisitions upon the chiefs of their respective departments in the field with me at City Point. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- She knew the story as well as if she had read it in one of her favourite novel-books--Fatherless Fanny, or the Scottish Chiefs. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- A man who has been false to the Brotherhood is discovered sooner or later by the chiefs who know him--presidents or secretaries, as the case may be. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Originally, both the sovereign and the inferior chiefs used to exercise this jurisdiction in their own persons. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- How far their chiefs are good judges in peace, or good leaders in war, is obvious to the observation of almost every single man among them. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
校對:索尼亚