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a person who is in charge of other people at work and tells them what to do 老板；工头；领班 I'll ask my boss if I can have the day off. 我要问一下老板我能不能请一天假。 🔊🔊 I like being my own boss (= working for myself and making my own decisions). 我喜欢自己做老板，自己拿主意。 🔊🔊 Who's the boss (= who's in control) in this house? 这个家里谁说了算？ 🔊🔊 He thinks he's impressing the boss by working through lunch. 他认为自己通过午餐工作给老板留下了深刻的印象。 He accused his former boss of being arrogant. 他指责他的前老板傲慢自大。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- company
- crime
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a person who is in charge of a large organization 总经理；领导 the new boss at IBM IBM 公司的新领导 Hospital bosses protested at the decision. 医院领导们抗议这一决定。 🔊🔊 Council bosses have agreed to meet a handful of homeowners today. 市议会的老板们已经同意今天与少数房主见面。 He's a notorious crime boss. 他是一个臭名昭著的犯罪老板。
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societya2, Jobsa2, Businessa2The Renault team boss later apologized for his comments. 雷诺车队的老板后来为他的评论道歉。 There's been criticism of bonuses paid to top oil company bosses. 石油公司大老板们的奖金一直受到批评。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- company
- crime
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Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally US): from Dutch baas ‘master’.
Idioms
show somebody who’s boss
to make it clear to somebody that you have more power and authority than they have 让某人知道谁说了算