英汉词典

1. (组织机构的)负责人，头儿，首领
    The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.

    e.g. ...a commission appointed by the police chief.
           警察局局长任命的委员会
    e.g. ...Putin's chief of security.
           普金的安全部长

2. 酋长;部落首领
    The chief of a tribe is its leader.

    e.g. ...Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains.
           坐牛，大平原地区苏人部族的酋长

3. (用于职位头衔)主管的，首席的
    Chief is used in the job titles of the most senior worker or workers of a particular kind in an organization.

chief的意思

    e.g. ...the chief test pilot.
           首席试飞员

4. 主要的;最重要的
    The chief cause, part, or member of something is the most important one.

    e.g. Financial stress is well established as a chief reason for divorce...
           经济压力被确认是导致离婚的首要原因。
    e.g. The job went to one of his chief rivals.
           那份工作被他的一个主要对手抢去了。