cinc

IPA/sɪŋk/
IPA/sɪŋk/

cinc — noun

  • cincsingular
  • cincsplural

1. a short written form of commander-in-chief, used in US military and government w

1.名詞B2
釋義

a short written form of commander-in-chief, used in US military and government writing for the officer with the highest authority over a country's armed forces

例句

The CINC Sirin issued the order to begin the naval exercise at dawn.

CINC + person's name as title

In the Pentagon briefing room, Colonel Noa noticed that the daily battle reports used CINC instead of writing out commander-in-chief.

同義詞
  • commander-in-chief

    the full form of the title; used in formal speeches and legal documents rather than in internal military writing

  • supreme commander

    a similar title used in international military alliances such as NATO; slightly broader in scope

用法筆記

CINC is almost always written in capital letters in official documents. When spoken aloud in military contexts, it is pronounced /sɪŋk/, to rhyme with sink, rather than as three separate letters.

常見錯誤

❌The CINC decided to hold a press conference about education policy.
✅The CINC approved the deployment of troops to the border.
💡CINC refers specifically to the military command role, not any executive decision a president or leader makes outside military matters.
❌Please contact the C-I-N-C about the budget meeting.
✅Please contact the CINC about the budget meeting.
💡Always write CINC as all-caps letters without dots or hyphens between them.