[] ( chairmen/-mən/) ( ˌchairman of the ˈboard) the person who leads a company's board of directors 主席；董事长◆She was the founder, chairman and CEO of the company.她是公司的创办人、董事长兼首席执行官。◆He serves as non-executive chairman (= he is not involved in running the company on a daily basis).他出任非执行主席。◆the outgoing chairman (= the one who is about to leave the company)即将离任的董事长◆He stepped down as Vivendi's vice chairman.他卸任了维旺迪公司副董事长一职。➡president (1) ⨁to be promoted to / serve as chairman晋升／担任董事长⨁to appoint sb (as) / elect sb / make sb chairman任命／选举／使某人成为董事长⨁to resign / retire / step down as chairman辞去董事长职位；从董事长职位退下来；卸任董事长一职the head of an official committee or organization（官方委员会或组织机构的）主席，会长◆the chairman of the British Medical Association英国医学协会会长⨁to appoint sb (as) / elect sb / make sb / serve as chairman指定／选举／任命某人为主席；担任主席⨁to resign / retire / stepdown as chairman辞去主席职位；从主席职位退下来；卸任主席一职⨁an acting chairman代理主席the person in charge of a meeting, who tells people when they can speak, etc.（会议的）主席，主持人◆The chairman opened the meeting by welcoming those present.会议主席欢迎来宾，作为会议的开始。◆She was elected chairman at the committee's first meeting.她在委员会的第一次会议上获推选为会议主席。⨁to appoint sb (as) / make sb chairman指定／任命（某人）为会议主席executive chairman Referring to men and women in job titles <chn/>Neutral words like assistant, worker, representative or person are now used instead of -man and -woman in the names of jobs. For example, you can refer to a person who sells things in a shop/store as a sales assistant rather than a saleswoman or a salesman, and you can use chairperson instead of chairman or chairwoman. 现在，assistant、worker、representative 或 person 等中性词被用来代替职位中的 -man 和 -woman。例如，商店里的售货员可称为 sales assistant，而不是 saleswoman 或 salesman。同样，“主席”可称为 chairperson，而不是 chairman 或 chairwoman。