director

英 [də'rektə(r)] 美 [də'rektər]

• n. 董事；经理；导演；主管，总监；指挥者

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]主管,董事

   person who manages, especially as a member of a board

2. [C]负责人,主任,校长

   person who is charge of an institution, a college, etc.

3. [C]导演

   person in charge of a film, play, etc. who supervises and instructs the actors, camera crew and other staff

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 董事
2. 主任
3. 理事
4. 经理
5. 【戏】导演
6. <主美>【音】指挥
7. 指示器
8. 控制器
9. 引向器
10. 指挥者，指导员
11. 长官
12. 校长
13. 社长
14. 厂长
15. 执政官
16. 行政委员
17. 【医】有沟探针

英英释义

Noun:

1. someone who controls resources and expenditures

2. member of a board of directors

3. someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

4. the person who directs the making of a film

5. the person who leads a musical group

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The board nominated him as the new director.
   董事会指定他为新董事。
2. Her career culminated in her appointment as director.
   她一生事业的顶峰是当上董事。
3. I wouldn't advise you to go against the director.
   我反对你和经理对着干。
4. He has a lot of pull with the managing director.
   他对总经理有很大的影响力。
5. The director told the actress to have a rest.
   导演叫这名女演员休息一下。
6. He started as an office junior and worked his way up through the company to become a director.
   开始时他是一般科员,在公司里工作出色而成为了主管。
7. The band director cued the drums to begin.
   乐队指挥暗示鼓手们敲起来。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. I am a member of the board of directors.
   我是董事会成员。
2. He was a former director of the company.
   他是这家公司的前任董事。
3. The director is in a bad temper today, so keep away from her.
   董事长今天情绪不好,还是避开为妙。
4. Tom's father is a school director.
   汤姆的父亲是中学校长。
5. The factory director decided to put on extra men to get the work done as early as possible.
   厂长决定增加人力以便尽早完成这项工作。
6. She attained rank of deputy director.
   她当上了副主任。
7. If you wish for further explanation, you'd better apply in person to the director.
   如果你想得到进一步说明,你最好直接找厂长联系。
8. As a movie director he is generally very successful, but he laid an egg this time.
   作为电影导演,他一向是非常成功的,可是这一回他砸锅了。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• acting director 演技导演,执行主管
• casting director 负责分配角色的导演
• elect director 选举董事
• managing director 常务董事
• sleeping director 匿名理事

名词+～

• assistant director 助理导演
• company director 公司董事
• film director 电影导演
• music director 乐队指挥
• program director 节目编排人
• stage director 舞台监督

介词+～

• board of directors 董事会,理事会

～+介词

• director of a research institute 研究所所长

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. director的基本意思是“主管”“董事”,指某部门中最主要的管理人或董事会的成员,也可作“负责人”“主任”“校长”解,指领导一个组织、机构或一项活动的主管人, director有时还特指“导演”。
2. director是可数名词,有复数形式。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

director, headmaster, president, principal, schoolmaster

• 这组名词的共同意思是“校长”,但用于不同的学校要用不同的词:principal通常指中学校长,也可指小学校长或大学院长; headmaster指普通小学或中学的男性校长,在美国尤指私立学校的校长; director不仅指学校的校长,还可指各组织机构、团体等的负责人,如处长、局长、主任、厂长等; schoolmaster指小学、中学等一般学校的教师或校长; president指大学校长。例如:
• The school principal announced the honor roll list.校长宣布了优等生名单。
• Our headmaster is an old man.我们的校长是一位老人。
• He is the director of the research center.他是研究中心的主任。
• John is the schoolmaster of that secondary school.约翰是那所中学的校长。
• He was the president of Harvard University.他是哈佛大学的校长。

词源解说

• ☆ 16世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自盎格鲁法语的directour；最初源自拉丁语的dirigere。

近反义词

【近义词】

• administrator
• boss
• chairman
• governor
• head
• leader
• manager