chief

adv.主要地；首要地

adj.首席的；主要的；主任的

n.首领；酋长；主要部分

chiefs───n.首领（chief的复数）

chef───n.厨师，大师傅；n.(Chef)人名；(法)谢夫

chiel───n.小伙子

thief───n.小偷，贼

chiefly───adv.主要地；首先

chicer───别致的；时髦的（chic的比较级）

chided───v.责备（chide的过去式和过去分词）

chides───vt.责骂；斥责；vi.斥责；责骂

chield───n.（苏格兰）小伙子；家伙（等于chiel）

Unemployment was the chief cause of poverty.───失业是贫穷的主要原因。

Rainey's chief interest in life is hunting with hounds.───雷尼一生中的主要嗜好是带着猎犬去打猎。

Yesterday saw the resignation of the chief financial officer.───昨天，首席财政长官辞职了。

In Mexico, cactus hunting became, for a time, Trotsky's chief form of exercise and something of an obsession.───在墨西哥的很长一段时间里，“仙人掌狩猎”都是托洛茨基主要的锻炼方式，他为此如痴如醉。

On his second day as IMF chief, Mr Strauss-Kahn said the rise of these new players was a very important development.───斯特劳斯-卡恩在就任总裁的第二天表示，上述三类新参与者的崛起，是一项十分重要的发展。

of the collegiate bench shall be appointed by the president of the court or by a chief judge from among the judges.───合议庭的审判长由院长或者庭长指定审判员一人担任。

When Mervyn Davies was chief executive in 2002, he said the consumer business would be "our engine for growth" .───2002年，那时的墨文戴维斯还是渣打的行政总裁，他说客户业务将是“我们前进的动力”。

And I spent seven years of my life in the Middle East. I was the Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times.───而且作为纽约时报中东办事处的负责人，我在中东地区呆了整整7年。

But Iran's chief negotiator, Saeed Jalili, said he would not discuss suspending uranium enrichment.───但伊朗方面首席谈判代表SaeedJalili表示他将不会对铀浓缩项目进行搁置。

His chief recommendation is his honesty.

The chief aim of man is not to get money.

Can you sell the chief on your plan?

Her chief fame rests on her several films.

The company reinstated him as chief engineer.

He held the rank of Chief Inspector.

Their chief preoccupation was how to feed their families.

The chief clerk supervises the work of the department.

Education is the chief defence of nations.