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the headteacher of [school]
用 of 说明所属学校，常与定冠词 the 连用。
The headteacher of our school gave a speech at the ceremony.
我们学校的校长在典礼上发表了讲话。
校长
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校长
the teacher in charge of a school
The headteacher of our school gave a speech at the ceremony.
我们学校的校长在典礼上发表了讲话。
Our headteacher announced the school trip dates.
我们校长宣布了学校旅行的日期。
The new headteacher wants to meet every student.
新来的校长想见见每一个学生。
Both headteachers agreed to share the playing field.
两位校长同意共用运动场。
用 of 说明所属学校，常与定冠词 the 连用。
The headteacher of our school gave a speech at the ceremony.
我们学校的校长在典礼上发表了讲话。
at 强调所在的学校，也可以说 of，两者都很常用。
She has been the headteacher at this primary school since 2018.
自2018年以来，她一直担任这所小学的校长。
表示成为某一职务时，headteacher 前常不带冠词。
He became headteacher of the village school last year.
他去年成为这所乡村学校的校长。
Not this
Our headteacher is very strict to us.
Use this
Our headteacher is very strict with us.
形容词 strict 表示“对某人严格”时，固定搭配是 be strict with sb，介词用 with 而不是 to。
Not this
There are many headteacher in our district.
Use this
There are many headteachers in our district.
headteacher 是可数名词，复数形式为 headteachers；前面有 many 等表示复数意义的词时，要用复数形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
副校长
The deputy headteacher will take over the school while the headteacher is away.
校长外出期间，副校长将接管学校。
代理校长
She was appointed acting headteacher for the spring term.
她被任命为春季学期的代理校长。
校长办公室
The boy was asked to report to the headteacher's office.
这个男孩被要求去校长办公室报到。
任命校长
The school governors will appoint a new headteacher next month.
学校董事会将在下个月任命一位新校长。
有经验的校长
An experienced headteacher can greatly improve a school's performance.
一位有经验的校长能极大地提升学校的表现。
前任校长
The former headteacher still lives in the village.
前任校长仍然住在村里。
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head（头/首位）＋teacher（老师），站在老师队伍最前头的那位，就是中小学校的校长。
语域：neutral 常见场景：学校、教育行政、家长会 headteacher 是英式英语中对中小学负责人的常用称呼，多用于正式场合；在美式英语中更常说 principal。
这四个词与 headteacher 押韵：重读元音都是 /iː/，后面都是 /tʃər/。注意形近异音词，如 headache /ˈhedeɪk/ 和 father /ˈfɑːðər/，拼写看似相关但发音不同，并不押韵。
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