di·rec·tor /dəˈrektə, daɪ- $ -ər/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countableC] 1 BBCsomeone who controls or manages a company 董事,理事,经理 → executivedirector of a former director of Gartmore Pensions Ltd 加特莫尔退休基金有限公司的前任董事
The company is run by a board of directors (=a group of directors). 这家公司由董事会管理。
2 BBBMANAGERsomeone who is in charge of a particular activity or organization 负责人,主管director of the director of education 教育局局长
finance/marketing/sales etc director (=the person in charge of the financial department etc) 财务部/市场部/销售部等主管
→ managing director, non-executive directorn COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: the person who gives instructions to the actors and other people working on a film or playtypes of directora film/movie directorthe film director Stephen Spielberg
a theatre director British EnglishBrE, a theater director American EnglishAmE:Laura Thompson is a theatre director now in the middle of rehearsals for 'Romeo and Juliet'.
an artistic director (=person who controls which plays a theatre produces and how they are produced)The artistic director announced that a new play would be staged next month.
a musical directorHe later became musical director of the London Symphony Orchestra.