the Admiral
此处'Admiral'首字母大写，特指某位已知的海军上将。
The Admiral gave the order to attack.
海军上将下达了攻击命令。
海军上将；舰队司令
admirals — plural of admiral
蛱蝶；彩蝶；芋螺壳；船队指挥官；（加拿大历史上的）获特权船长；海军司令；舰队最高指挥官；军衔在海军中将之上、海军元帅之下
A naval officer of high rank; the commander of a fleet or navy.
海军司令
The appointed commander of a navy, regardless of formal title.
舰队最高指挥官；军衔在海军中将之上、海军元帅之下
the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
海军上将
A high rank in the British and American Navies, NATO grade OF-9, equivalent ranks in other navies, in coast guards, etc.
几种色彩鲜艳的蝴蝶
any of several brightly colored butterflies
渔船队或商船队指挥官
The commander of a fishing or merchant fleet, particularly (historical, Canada) a captain granted special privileges in exchange for bringing the first ship of a given fishing season to certain harbors in Newfoundland.
蛱蝶科数种蝴蝶
Any of several species of nymphalid butterflies of the genera Kaniska, Limenitis and Vanessa.
将军芋螺壳
The shell of the Conus ammiralis; the cone shells of various other species displaying similarly intricate banding.
The admiral gave the order to set sail at dawn.
海军上将下令黎明时起航。
用法提示：这里的“admiral”指的是舰队的最高指挥官。
As an admiral, she was responsible for the entire naval fleet.
作为海军上将，她负责整个海军舰队。
用法提示：“admiral”在这里表示海军的高级指挥官。
The admiral inspected the ships before the mission.
海军上将在任务前检查了舰船。
用法提示：此处“admiral”指的是舰队司令。
此处'Admiral'首字母大写，特指某位已知的海军上将。
The Admiral gave the order to attack.
海军上将下达了攻击命令。
作为头衔时，Admiral放在姓氏前，首字母大写。
Admiral Nelson is a famous British naval commander.
纳尔逊海军上将是一位著名的英国海军指挥官。
表示担任职务，不定冠词an表示泛指。
He served as an admiral in the navy for twenty years.
他在海军担任了二十年海军上将。
这是固定短语，指舰队司令，通常为最高军衔。
The admiral of the fleet commanded all naval operations.
舰队司令指挥了所有的海军行动。
正式军衔低于海军上将，但在某些语境中可泛指高级海军指挥官
正式军衔，高于海军准将，低于海军中将，不可与admiral完全互换
正式军衔，高于海军少将，低于海军上将，不可与admiral完全互换
统称，指有权悬挂旗帜的高级海军军官，包括少将及以上军衔
grammar · medium
易错句子He became admiral at age 50.
正确表达He became an admiral at age 50.
英语中可数名词单数形式需加冠词，'admiral'是可数名词，应加不定冠词'an'。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was promoted to admiral in the army.
正确表达He was promoted to admiral in the navy.
海军上将（admiral）是海军军衔，与陆军上将（general）混淆了，应改为'navy'。
General 指陆军上将，而 admiral 指海军上将。
Commodore 是海军准将，低于 admiral（海军上将）。
海军少将
He was promoted to rear admiral last year.
他去年被晋升为海军少将。
海军中将
The vice admiral commanded the fleet.
海军中将指挥了舰队。
海军元帅
The admiral of the fleet retired after 40 years of service.
海军元帅服役40年后退休。
晋升为海军上将
She was promoted to admiral in 2010.
她于2010年晋升为海军上将。
担任海军上将
He served as admiral of the Pacific Fleet.
他曾担任太平洋舰队司令。
退休的海军上将
The retired admiral wrote a book about naval strategy.
这位退休的海军上将写了一本关于海军战略的书。
noun
海军是admiral所属的军种
admiral通常指挥一支舰队
舰队由多艘舰船组成，admiral的指挥对象
低于admiral的军衔，也指挥舰船
与admiral同属指挥序列
免去那些客套话吧，上将。
Darth Vader says this to Admiral Ozzel in *Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back*, dismissing formalities before reprimanding him.
在《星球大战：帝国反击战》中，达斯·维达对奥泽尔上将说这句话，以示免去客套并开始训斥。
诺林顿上将，我投降。
Captain Jack Sparrow says this to Admiral Norrington in *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl*, feigning surrender as part of his plan.
在《加勒比海盗：黑珍珠号的诅咒》中，杰克·斯派罗船长对诺林顿上将说这句话，假装投降作为计划的一部分。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.