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commissioner

noun
 
🔊/kəˈmɪʃənə(r)/
🔊/kəˈmɪʃənər/
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  1.  
    (usually Commissioner)
    a member of a commission（委员会的）委员，专员，特派员 (= an official group of people who are responsible for controlling something or finding out about something)
    • the Church Commissioners (= the group of people responsible for controlling the financial affairs of the Church of England)英格兰国教会财政管理委员会委员
    • European Commissioners欧洲委员会委员
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • assistant
    • deputy
    • …
    verb + commissioner
    • appoint
    • appoint somebody (as)
    preposition
    • commissioner for
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  2. (also police commissioner especially in North American English)
     the head of a particular police force in some countries警察局长；警长Topics Law and justicec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • assistant
    • deputy
    • …
    verb + commissioner
    • appoint
    • appoint somebody (as)
    preposition
    • commissioner for
    See full entry
  3. the head of a government department in some countries（政府部门的）首长，长官
    • the agriculture/health, etc. commissioner农业、卫生等厅长
    • Commissioner Rhodes was unavailable for comment.罗兹局长无暇评论。🔊🔊
    • The Economic Affairs Commissioner, Albert Johnson, resigned over the issue.经济事务专员阿尔伯特·约翰逊（Albert Johnson）辞职。
    • The merger has been referred to the European Competition Commissioner.这个并购项目已提交欧洲竞争委员会委员审查。
    see also High CommissionerTopics Politicsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • assistant
    • deputy
    • …
    verb + commissioner
    • appoint
    • appoint somebody (as)
    preposition
    • commissioner for
    See full entry
  4. (in the US) an official chosen by a sports association to control it（美国体育协会的）总干事，主管人
    • the baseball commissioner棒球协会总干事
    • a commissioner for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association中部大学曲棍球协会委员
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • high
    • assistant
    • deputy
    • …
    verb + commissioner
    • appoint
    • appoint somebody (as)
    preposition
    • commissioner for
    See full entry
    5. Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin commissionarius, from Latin commissio, from committere ‘entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’.