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chief constable

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌchief ˈconstable noun [countable]  SCPa police officer in charge of the police in a large area of Britain 〔英国较大地区的〕警察局局长
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chief constableThe minister may also call for the retirement of a chief constable.For Don Dovaston, assistant chief constable of Derbyshire police, a series of schoolgirl murders made that mark run deeper.Leslie Sharp, Strathclyde's chief constable, last year won an extra £4.7 million to put another 155 officers on patrol.This includes the board and the chief constable.The implementation of section 39 is an operational matter for the chief constable.They included the chief constable, chief probation officer, and the chief crown prosecutor.Local worthies rarely challenged the rectitude of the chief constable.Yet, according to the chief constable, in the same period calls for service have increased by 85 percent.
ˌchief ˈconstable nounChineseSyllable
officer charge the Corpus a police in of


chief constable
ˌchief ˈconstable noun [countable]
a police officer in charge of the police in a large area of Britain


chief constableBrE /ˌtʃiːf ˈkʌnstəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtʃiːf ˈkɑːnstəbl/ 🔊 noun(in Britain) a senior police officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular area (英国)地区警察局长Chief Constable Brian Turner地区警察局长布赖恩 · 特纳