a person who is in charge of something, especially an officer in charge of a particular group of soldiers or a military operation 负责人;(尤指)司令官,指挥官 military/allied/field/flight commanders 军事/盟军/战地/飞行指挥官 the commander of the expedition 探险队队长 General Eisenhower was Supreme Allied Commander in Western Europe. 艾森豪威尔将军是西欧盟军的最高指挥官。 the commander of US forces in Iraq 驻伊拉克的美军指挥官
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- senior
- supreme
- top
- …
- commander of
- Commander-in-Chief
- (abbreviation Cdr)
an officer of fairly high rank in the British or American navy Topics War and conflictc1(英国或美国)海军中校 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- senior
- supreme
- top
- …
- commander of
- Commander-in-Chief
- (abbreviation Cdr)
(in England) a London police officer of high rank Topics Law and justicec2(英国)伦敦高级警官
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French comandeor, from late Latin commandare ‘to command’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, command’.