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Commodore [name]
作军衔头衔时放在姓氏或全名前，首字母大写，前面不用冠词。
Commodore Smith led the squadron during the exercise.
史密斯准将在此次演习中率领中队。
海军准将
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海军准将
a naval officer of the rank above captain and below rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
Commodore Smith led the squadron during the exercise.
史密斯准将在此次演习中率领中队。
A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.
临时指挥多艘船只但非海军上将的指挥官
A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.
商船队的领航船
The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.
游艇俱乐部主席
The president of a yacht club.
The commodore ordered the fleet to change course before the storm arrived.
海军准将命令舰队在暴风雨来临前改变航向。
After twenty years of service, she was promoted to commodore.
服役二十年后，她被晋升为海军准将。
The commodore inspected the ship's equipment and talked with the crew.
海军准将检查了船上的设备并与船员交谈。
作军衔头衔时放在姓氏或全名前，首字母大写，前面不用冠词。
Commodore Smith led the squadron during the exercise.
史密斯准将在此次演习中率领中队。
军衔名词在“be promoted to”后通常不带冠词。
She was promoted to commodore after the successful mission.
完成那次任务后，她被晋升为海军准将。
用“the rank of + 军衔”来指称该级别。
The rank of commodore was abolished in that navy.
那支海军废除了海军准将军衔。
Not this
He is commodore in the navy.
Use this
He is a commodore in the navy.
commodore 是可数名词，在单数表语结构中表示“一位海军准将”时必须加不定冠词 a/an；汉语没有冠词概念，学习者容易漏掉。
Not this
There are two commodore on the ship.
Use this
There are two commodores on the ship.
commodore 的复数形式是 commodores；汉语名词没有复数词尾变化，英语中数词 two 等后必须用复数名词。
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海军准将
He was a naval commodore before he retired.
他退休前是一名海军准将。
晋升为海军准将
She was promoted to commodore after twenty years of service.
她服役二十年后晋升为海军准将。
佩里准将
Commodore Perry opened Japan to the West in the 1850s.
佩里准将在19世纪50年代打开了日本的国门。
退役海军准将
The retired commodore gave a lecture at the naval academy.
这位退役海军准将在海军学院做了一次讲座。
担任海军准将
He served as commodore of the Atlantic fleet.
他曾担任大西洋舰队的海军准将。
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联想：commodore ≈ command（指挥）+ more（更多），'指挥更多船只的人'，即海军准将。
语域：formal 常见场景：军事报道、海军军衔介绍、正式文书 该词多用于正式或军事语境，如海军军衔说明、新闻报道或官方文件中，日常口语中不常见。
explore、implore、adore 都以重读的 /ɔː/ 结尾，彼此押韵；但它们的重音在最后一个音节，所以不跟 commodore /ˈkɒmədɔː/ 押韵。corridor 虽也以 /dɔː/ 结尾，但重音在第一音节，中间音节不同，并非严格押韵。commodity 拼写以 commod- 开头，但读作 /kəˈmɒdəti/，词首元音和重音位置都不同，需注意不要按拼写类推。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.