Chief

(adj.) most important element; 'the chief aim of living'; 'the main doors were of solid glass'; 'the principal rivers of America'; 'the principal example'; 'policemen were primary targets'; 'the master bedroom'; 'a master switch' .

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• Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Probably the chief cause of devotion to rigidity of method is, however, that it seems to promise speedy, accurately measurable, correct results. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• His chief interest lay in speculation. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The chief waiter had had enough of me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It was early used in both the Holland and Lake boats and is still the chief prime motor. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This Mr. Will was commander-in-chief of Worcester's servants. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The Duke of St. Austrey, who sat at his hostess's right, was naturally the chief figure of the evening. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The days of Homer were his ideal, when a man was chief of an army of heroes, or spent his years in wonderful Odyssey. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The Chief Butler, erect and calm, replied in these memorable words. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The chief writer of this Pan-Hellenic movement was Isocrates. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• How would the lady-chief of an English school approve this custom? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Their chief Khan was the Khan of the Golden Horde. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Friends, said the Chief, looking round, the old man is but a Jew, natheless his grief touches me. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And a man discovered by the chiefs is dead. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The magicians usually believed more or less in their own magic, the priests in their ceremonies, the chiefs in their right. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Confusedly in response to that demand, bold men, wise men, shrewd and cunning men were arising to become magicians, priests, chiefs, and kings. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Chanted originally to the chiefs and leading men in hall, they were now recited at the public festivals. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The subalterns receive orders from their chiefs; they are in a good state of discipline; no blow is struck without mature deliberation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And he made acquaintance with the ministers, and the chiefs of his party, determining to rank as one of them before many years were over. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• At the meeting of the chiefs, this plan was finally concluded upon. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• They buried the ashes of their chiefs and important people in round barrows. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Both the Saxon chiefs were made prisoners at the same moment, and each under circumstances expressive of his character. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• They are presented as patriarchal Bedouin chiefs, living the life of nomadic shepherds in the country between Babylonia and Egypt. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Make all requisitions upon the chiefs of their respective departments in the field with me at City Point. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• She knew the story as well as if she had read it in one of her favourite novel-books--Fatherless Fanny, or the Scottish Chiefs. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• A man who has been false to the Brotherhood is discovered sooner or later by the chiefs who know him--presidents or secretaries, as the case may be. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Originally, both the sovereign and the inferior chiefs used to exercise this jurisdiction in their own persons. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• How far their chiefs are good judges in peace, or good leaders in war, is obvious to the observation of almost every single man among them. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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