| 单词 | chairman |
| 释义 | chairman chairman /; AmE / noun [C] (plural chairmen //)
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
1 (also chairman of the board) the person who leads a company's board of directors: She was the founder, chairman and CEO of the company. He serves as non-executive chairman (= he is not involved in running the company on a daily basis). the outgoing chairman (= the one who is about to leave the company) ◆ He stepped down as Vivendi's vice chairman. He's been promoted to the position of group chairman. ⇨ PRESIDENT (1)
❖ to be promoted to/serve as chairman ◆ to appoint sb (as)/elect sb/make sb chairman ◆ to resign/retire/step down as chairman
2 the head of an official committee or organization: the chairman of the British Medical Association
❖ to appoint sb (as)/elect sb/make sb/serve as chairman ◆ to resign/retire/stepdown as chairman ◆ an acting chairman
3 the person in charge of a meeting, who tells people when they can speak, etc: The chairman opened the meeting by welcoming those present. She was elected chairman at the committee's first meeting.
❖ to appoint sb (as)/make sb chairman
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Referring to men and women in job titles
Neutral words like assistant, worker, representative or person are now used instead of -man and -woman in the names of jobs. For example, you can refer to a person who sells things in a shop/store as a sales assistant rather than a saleswoman or a salesman, and you can use chairperson instead of chairman or chairwoman. |
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