- (usually Commissioner)
a member of a commission (= an official group of people who are responsible for controlling something or finding out about something) （委员会的）委员，专员，特派员 the Church Commissioners (= the group of people responsible for controlling the financial affairs of the Church of England) 英格兰国教会财政管理委员会委员 European Commissioners 欧洲委员会委员
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- assistant
- deputy
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- commissioner for
- (also police commissioner especially in North American English)
the head of a particular police force in some countries 警察局长；警长 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- assistant
- deputy
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- commissioner for
the head of a government department in some countries （政府部门的）首长，长官 the agriculture/health, etc. commissioner 农业、卫生等厅长 Commissioner Rhodes was unavailable for comment. 罗兹局长无暇评论。 The Economic Affairs Commissioner, Albert Johnson, resigned over the issue. 经济事务专员艾伯特·约翰逊因此辞职。 The merger has been referred to the European Competition Commissioner. 这个并购项目已提交欧洲竞争委员会委员审查。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- assistant
- deputy
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- commissioner for
(in the US) an official chosen by a sports association to control it （美国体育协会的）总干事，主管人 the baseball commissioner 棒球协会总干事 a commissioner for the Central Collegiate Hockey Association 中部大学曲棍球协会委员
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- assistant
- deputy
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- commissioner for
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin commissionarius, from Latin commissio, from committere ‘entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’.