commander in chief
总司令,司令官,统帅,总指挥
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plural commanders in chief.
- : Also Commander in Chief . the supreme commander of the armed forces of a nation or, sometimes, of several allied nations: The president is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force.
- : an officer in command of a particular portion of an armed force who has been given this title by specific authorization.
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“Having been a legislator and a mayor, I particularly enjoy being a chief executive,” he said.
This is a blow against freedom of speech, we were told, by the likes of Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson.
“You can imagine the sound of that gun on a Bronx street,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says.
Take the chief metric of the war in Vietnam—body counts, which ultimately did not answer whether the strategy was working.
Qasem Suleimani was appointed as commander of the force in 1997.
She is skilful in seizing salient characteristics, and her chief aim is to preserve the individuality of her sitters and models.
More soldiers crowded into the cave and Professor-Commander Krafft came in behind them.
M'Bongo, the great chief of this neighbourhood, paid a ceremonial visit to my husband.
But,” said the prime minister of Flatland, starting a difficulty, “who is to be greatest chief?
But it was not only as an organiser and transmitter of orders that Berthier proved his usefulness to his chief.