officer
n
1 person appointed to command others in the army, navy, air force, etc 軍官
All the officers and ratings were invited. 全體海軍官兵都受到邀請(qǐng).
Both commissioned and non-commissioned officers attended. 有軍銜的和無軍銜的軍官都出席了.
2 (often in compounds 常用以構(gòu)成復(fù)合詞) person with a position of authority or trust, eg in the government or a society (政府的)官員; (會(huì)社的)高級(jí)職員
executive and clerical officers, eg in the Civil Service 行政的主管人員和辦事員
a customs officer 海關(guān)官員
officers of state, ie ministers in the government 政府部長(zhǎng)
the Medical Officer of Health 衛(wèi)生官員
We had to vote to appoint all three officers
President, Secretary and Treasurer.我們要用投票方式?jīng)Q定三大任命: 會(huì)長(zhǎng)、 秘書、 財(cái)務(wù)主管.
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(a) = police officer (police).
(b) (used as a form of address to a policeman or policewoman 警察(用作對(duì)男女警察的稱呼))
`Yes, officer, I saw the man approach the girl.' `是的, 警察先生, 我看見那男子向那姑娘走去.'