president
noun [ C ] uk/ˈprez.ɪ.dənt/ us/ˈprez.ɪ.dənt/
(POLITICS)
A2 总统;国家主席
(the title given to) the person who has the highest political position in a country that is a republic and who, in some of these countries, is the leader of the government
President Kennedy 肯尼迪总统
the president of France 法国总统
[ as form of address ] Thank you, Mr/Madam President. 谢谢您，总统阁下。
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- Boris Yeltsin was Russia's first democratically elected president.
- The former president has agreed to act as an intermediary between the government and the rebels.
- The country's president is seeking to mend relations with the United States.
- Several opposition groups are fighting to remove the president from power.
- She is Ireland's first woman president.
(ORGANIZATION)
（机构的）负责人，会长，主席；（尤指美国的）总裁，董事长
the person who has the highest position in an organization or, especially in the US, in a company
a former president of the Royal Society 皇家学会的前会长
mainly US She's a friend of the president of the bank. 她是银行总裁的朋友。
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- He was president of the charity for ten years.
- The new president of the company called a top-level management meeting.
- The president of my bank has been named Businessperson of the Year.
- She told me that her father is the president of a multinational corporation.
- There was a top-level meeting of oil company presidents today to discuss the crisis.