Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #1094
executive
高管；行政主管；企业管理人员
A senior manager or administrator with authority to make significant decisions, especially in a business.
- 1.
A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
主管；行政领导；尤指有权自行作出重大决策的人。
- 2.
a person responsible for the administration of a business
企业管理人员
- 3.
The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
行政部门；负责执行法律和司法判决以及国家日常管理的政府分支。
- 4.
persons who administer the law
执法者
- 5.
A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
协调和管理其他进程或线程动作的进程；监督程序。
- 6.
someone who manages a government agency or department
政府机构管理者
政府机构管理者；政府官员；部门主管；行政部门；执行部门；政府行政分支；执法者；法律执行人员；执行进程；管理程序；监管进程；主管；行政领导；尤指有权自行作出重大决策的人。
In use
As an executive, she attends many meetings every day.
The executive decided to restructure the department.
The board appointed a new chief executive.
executive of [company/organization]
表示所属关系，通常后接公司或组织。
He became an executive of a multinational corporation.
他成为了一家跨国公司的执行官。
executive at [company]
强调在某公司担任职务。
She is a senior executive at a leading bank.
她是一家领先银行的高级执行官。
executive with [experience/skills]
表示具备某种特质或经验。
Connections
Collocations
- senior executive
- 高级主管
- She is a senior executive at a global bank.她是一家全球银行的高级主管。
- chief executive
- 首席执行官
- The chief executive announced a new policy.首席执行官宣布了一项新政策。
- corporate executive
- 企业高管
- Corporate executives often travel frequently.企业高管经常频繁出差。
- government executive
- 政府行政官员
- Government executives met to discuss the budget.政府行政官员开会讨论预算。
Idioms & figurative uses
- executive decision
- 行政决定；管理层决策The CEO made an executive decision to cut costs.首席执行官做出了削减成本的行政决定。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想'execute执行'，executive就是执行决策的高层管理者。
Context & Register
中性
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -utive (e.g., consecutive) are nearly perfect rhymes. Words ending in -ive (e.g., incentive, perspective, defective) share the final /ɪv/ sound but differ in the preceding consonants.
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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