chairpersons
chairpersons — 名詞
1. a person who leads a meeting, committee, or organization and is responsible for
主席;主持人
會議、委員會或組織的負責人
a person who leads a meeting, committee, or organization and is responsible for keeping it organized and running fairly
The two chairpersons of the committee, Ilan and Sofia, prepared the agenda before the meeting.
委員會的兩位主席 Ilan 和 Sofia 在開會前準備好了議程。
plural form: two chairpersons of [committee]
Haruto was elected chairperson of the neighborhood council after serving as secretary for two years.
Haruto 在擔任祕書兩年後,當選為社區理事會的主席。
elected chairperson of [organization]
Minh asked the chairperson to recognize her before she could speak during the floor debate.
Minh 請主席先讓她發言,然後她才開始進行場內辯論。
All four department chairpersons met with the dean to discuss next year's budget cuts.
四位系主任主席與院長開會,討論明年的預算削減方案。
The conference organizers appointed chairpersons for each breakout session to keep the discussions on track.
大會主辦單位為每場分組座談會指派了主持人,確保討論不會離題。
- chair
shorter, more casual form; very common in academic and corporate contexts ('the chair of the department')
- moderator
focuses on the role of managing a discussion or debate rather than overall leadership
- presiding officer
more formal and technical; commonly used in legislative and parliamentary settings
文法句型
the chairperson + of + group/institution
chairperson + verb (singular/plural agreement)
用法筆記
Using chairperson instead of chairman or chairwoman avoids specifying the gender of the person in the role. The shortened form chair is also common in British and American English, especially in academic and corporate settings.