Word · Frequency #27067
ceos
首席执行官；执行总裁
ceos is the plural of ceo.
chief executive officer
- 1.
the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)
负责公司运营并向董事会汇报的企业高管,可任命其他管理人员(包括总裁)
负责公司运营并向董事会汇报的企业高管,可任命其他管理人员(包括总裁)；abbr. 首席执行官；执行总裁(chief executive officer)
In use
The CEO of our company will announce the new project at Monday's meeting.
She was promoted to CEO after ten years with the company.
The CEOs of several local companies met to discuss hiring challenges.
the CEO of [company]
CEO 前通常加 the，用 of 引出所属的公司或组织。
The CEO of the company announced a new policy.
这家公司的首席执行官宣布了一项新政策。
serve as CEO
serve as 后接职位时，CEO 前通常不加冠词。
She served as CEO for five years.
她担任了五年首席执行官。
appoint [someone] (as) CEO
appoint 后可直接接职位，也可用 as CEO；as 可省略。
The board appointed him CEO last month.
董事会上个月任命他为首席执行官。
Common mistakes
There are three CEO in our company.There are three CEOs in our company.
CEO 是可数名词，three 后面要用复数形式 CEOs；汉语名词没有复数词尾，所以容易漏掉 -s。
The CEO's of the two companies will meet tomorrow.The CEOs of the two companies will meet tomorrow.
CEO's 是名词所有格或 CEO is 的缩写，不能表示复数；表示多个 CEO 应直接加 -s 写成 CEOs，不加撇号。
Connections
Collocations
- become CEO
- 成为首席执行官
- He became CEO in 2020.他于2020年成为首席执行官。
- appoint a new CEO
- 任命新的首席执行官
- The board decided to appoint a new CEO.董事会决定任命新的首席执行官。
- current CEO
- 现任首席执行官
- The current CEO is stepping down.现任首席执行官即将卸任。
- former CEO
- 前任首席执行官
- The former CEO wrote a book about leadership.前任首席执行官写了一本关于领导力的书。
- acting CEO
- 代理首席执行官
- The chief financial officer served as acting CEO.首席财务官担任代理首席执行官。
- CEO pay
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 CEO 的三个大写字母拆开记：Chief（首席）、Executive（执行）、Officer（长官），合起来就是公司里做最终决定的那位“首席执行官”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：商务报道、公司内部沟通、职场介绍 CEO 是 chief executive officer 的缩写，通常用于商业和职场场合，正式程度适中。在日常对话中也常见，指公司最高管理者。
Pronunciation & Spelling
CEO 读作 /ˌsiː.iːˈoʊ/，是逐个字母发音。go、so、oh 与其中重读的尾音 /oʊ/ 押韵；video、stereo、Leo 虽以 -eo 结尾，但读音为 /ioʊ/ 或 /iːoʊ/，与 CEO 并不押韵，注意拼写与读音的差别。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.