Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #1094
executive
行政的；管理的；经营上的
Relating to the management or day-to-day running of an organization, business, or country.
- 1.
Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
为执行或实施而设计的；适合执行的。
- 2.
Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.
行政的；负责组织、企业、国家等日常运作的。
- 3.
Exclusive.
独有的；专有的。
执行的；实施的；独有的；专用的；为执行或实施而设计的；适合执行的。；行政的；负责组织、企业、国家等日常运作的。；独有的；专有的。
In use
She holds an executive position in the company and oversees daily operations.
The executive committee will meet next week to discuss the budget.
He lacks the executive skills needed to manage a large team.
executive + noun
executive作定语，修饰表示职务或角色的名词。
She has an executive role in the company.
她在公司担任行政职务。
the executive + noun
定冠词加executive修饰政府或组织中的特定部门。
The executive branch enforces laws.
行政部门执行法律。
executive + abstract noun
executive修饰抽象名词，表示行政方面的权力或决策。
Connections
Collocations
- executive summary
- 执行摘要；概要
- The manager asked me to write a one-page executive summary of the report.经理让我写一份一页纸的报告执行摘要。
- executive decision
- 行政决策；主管决定
- The CEO made an executive decision to cancel the project.首席执行官做出了取消该项目的行政决定。
- executive power
- 行政权力
- The constitution gives executive power to the president.宪法赋予总统行政权力。
- executive branch
- 行政部门；执行部门
- The executive branch enforces the laws passed by Congress.行政部门执行国会通过的法律。
- executive function
- 执行功能；管理能力
- Executive function includes planning, focusing attention, and remembering instructions.执行功能包括规划、集中注意力和记住指令。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
executive 开头藏着 execute（执行），联想：行政高管就是负责“执行”公司决策的人。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：corporate offices、government agencies、formal documents 这里分析的是「行政的；管理层的」这一常用义项。其语气中性，多用于商务、政府和行政管理等正式场景，也常见于职位头衔。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words end in -tive and /tɪv/. Consecutive is the closest match: the stressed /sɛk/~/zɛk/ and the following /tɪv/ are similar, but the vowel between is usually /jə/ in consecutive instead of /jʊ/ in executive, so it is a near rhyme, not a perfect rhyme. Diminutive shares the spelling -utive but has a different stressed vowel, so it does not rhyme. Active, positive, negative, and relative only share the final /tɪv/; their stressed vowels and preceding sounds differ, so they are lookalikes for spelling rather than rhymes.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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