chief2 ●●● W3 noun [countableC] 1 SB in charge of an organization 组织的领导人IN CHARGE OF the most important person, or one of the most important people, in a company or organization – used especially in job titles and in news reports 首领,最高领导人〔尤用于职位头衔和新闻报道中〕police/army/fire etc chief Los Angeles Police Chief Willie L. Williams 洛杉矶警察局局长威利•L•威廉斯
chief of the British Chief of Defence Staff 英国国防部参谋长
Most health chiefs believe the reforms have gone too far. 大多数卫生部领导人都觉得改革搞得过火了。
commander-in-chief/editor-in-chief etc (=used in job titles for people with the highest rank) 总指挥/总编辑等 They offered him the position of editor-in-chief. 他们请他当总编辑。
2 ruler of tribe 部落首领PGHIGH POSITION OR RANK the ruler of a tribe 部落首领,酋长 the Zulu leader, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi 祖鲁族首领曼戈苏图•布特莱齐酋长
Native American tribal chiefs 印第安人部落酋长
3. too many chiefs and not enough Indians British EnglishBrETOO/TOO MUCH used to say there are too many people saying how something should be done and not enough people doing it 官多兵少;动嘴的多,动手的少
4. great white chief British EnglishBrE old-fashionedIN CHARGE OF the person in charge of a group of people, company, organization etc – used humorously 首领,头目,上司〔幽默用法〕