the person who is in charge of a meeting or committee. Many people prefer to say chair or chairperson, because the word chairmansuggests that the person in this position is always a man. (会议、委员会的)主持人,主席
( chairperson) ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHAIRMAN | CHAIRMAN + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤board, campaign, club, commission, committee, company, party董事長;競選事務主席;俱樂部主席;委員會主席;公司董事長;黨主席◇She is married to a company chairman.她和一名公司董事長結婚了。➤acting, current, former, incoming, interim, new, outgoing代理主席;現任主席;前主席;繼任主席;臨時主席;新主席;即將離職的主席◇a report by the outgoing chairman即將離職的主席所作的報告➤deputy, vice副主席➤executive, honorary, non-executive執行/榮譽/非執行主席VERB + CHAIRMAN➤hold the post of, serve as, take over as擔任主席;接任主席▸➤appoint (sb), elect (sb), name sb任命(某人為)主席;選舉(某人為)主席;提名某人當主席➤step down as辭去主席一職◇He steps down as chairman of the Federal Reserve next year.他明年卸任美國聯邦儲備銀行主席。CHAIRMAN + VERB➤resign, stand down主席辭職/下台◇The chairman resigned following the allegations.在受到指控後,主席辭職了。PREPOSITION➤chairman of⋯主席◇chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee參議院農業委員會主席➡ note at job