director

Word family noun direction directness director directionalitydirectivitydirectoratedirectorshipdirectorydirectrixdirect accessdirect actiondirect currentdirect debitdirect maildirect marketingdirect methoddirect objectdirector-generaldirector's chairdirector's cutdirectory enquiriesdirect speechdirect taxadjective direct ≠ indirect directionaldirectionlessdirectivedirectorialverb direct redirect adverb directly ≠ indirectly

Related topics: Business management, Media, Theatre

di·rec·tor /dəˈrektə, daɪ- $ -ər/ S2 W1 noun [countableC]

1 BBCsomeone who controls or manages a company 董事，理事，经理 → executive

director of

a former director of Gartmore Pensions Ltd

加特莫尔退休基金有限公司的前任董事

The company is run by a board of directors (=a group of directors).

这家公司由董事会管理。

2 BBBMANAGERsomeone who is in charge of a particular activity or organization 负责人，主管

director of

the director of education

教育局局长

finance/marketing/sales etc director (=the person in charge of the financial department etc) 财务部/市场部/销售部等主管

3. AMAPTthe person who gives instructions to the actors and other people working on a film or play 导演 → producer →4 See picture of 见图 CHAIR

→ managing director, non-executive director

n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: the person who gives instructions to the actors and other people working on a film or play

types of director

a film/movie director

the film director Stephen Spielberg

a theatre director British EnglishBrE, a theater director American EnglishAmE:

Laura Thompson is a theatre director now in the middle of rehearsals for 'Romeo and Juliet'.

an artistic director (=person who controls which plays a theatre produces and how they are produced)

The artistic director announced that a new play would be staged next month.

a musical director

He later became musical director of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Examples from the Corpus

director• The Alley has undergone a rebirth under Boyd, who became artistic director in 1989.• Have you met the new finance director?• As art gallery director, Alistair will be served one.• Many said the special effects, a hallmark of director Steven Spielberg, were amazing.• This demonstrates how difficult it has become to determine the real incomes of such highly paid directors.• Miller has been appointed to the position of sales director.• For youngsters in particular the personality of the director is as important as any musical qualifications.• The directors are meeting today to discuss the company's future.• The director keeps his audience off-balance.• Dr Jane Wilde, director of the Health Promotion Agency

board of directors• The company itself is run by a board of directors elected by the shareholders.• To begin, he formed a council that would act like a board of directors for Magma Metals.• It notes he served on the Leesburg Soccer Club board of directors a decade ago.• He found two lists of boards of directors, apparently copied from a magazine article.• He set up a powerful board of directors to represent a cross section of business, political and public sector interests.• And that there will be a temporary board of directors real soon, also appointed by her.• In practice they are recommended for appointment by the board of directors.• There's only one woman on the board of directors.• The board of directors is unlikely to be in as good a position as the manager to judge on this.

finance/marketing/sales etc director• Walsh became Marketing Director on a salary of £20,000, and with a £1.5 million budget.• As trade in services soars, taxmen will find it harder to keep up with clever finance directors.• Um, we do have the September challenge from our national sales director.• And to marketing director Elizabeth Carduff, whose support and deep-felt response to this book has turned business into pure pleasure.

From Longman Business Dictionary

directordi·rec·tor /dəˈrektə, daɪ--ər/ (also company director) noun [countableC]

1JOBone of the committee of top managers who control a company

The board of directors are expected to cut the 35-cent quarterly dividend when they meet later this month.

→ see also board of directors

→ alternate director → creative director → executive director → guineapig director → managing director → non-executive director

2JOB financial/sales/personnel etc director someone who is in charge of a particular department of an organization

词汇	director
释义	director Word family noun direction directness director directionalitydirectivitydirectoratedirectorshipdirectorydirectrixdirect accessdirect actiondirect currentdirect debitdirect maildirect marketingdirect methoddirect objectdirector-generaldirector's chairdirector's cutdirectory enquiriesdirect speechdirect taxadjective direct ≠ indirect directionaldirectionlessdirectivedirectorialverb direct redirect adverb directly ≠ indirectly Related topics: Business management, Media, Theatre di·rec·tor /dəˈrektə, daɪ- $ -ər/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countableC] 1 BBCsomeone who controls or manages a company 董事，理事，经理 → executive director of a former director of Gartmore Pensions Ltd 加特莫尔退休基金有限公司的前任董事 The company is run by a board of directors (=a group of directors). 这家公司由董事会管理。 2 BBBMANAGERsomeone who is in charge of a particular activity or organization 负责人，主管 director of the director of education 教育局局长 finance/marketing/sales etc director (=the person in charge of the financial department etc) 财务部/市场部/销售部等主管 3. AMAPTthe person who gives instructions to the actors and other people working on a film or play 导演 → producer →4 See picture of 见图 CHAIR → managing director, non-executive director n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: the person who gives instructions to the actors and other people working on a film or play types of director a film/movie director the film director Stephen Spielberg a theatre director British EnglishBrE, a theater director American EnglishAmE: Laura Thompson is a theatre director now in the middle of rehearsals for 'Romeo and Juliet'. an artistic director (=person who controls which plays a theatre produces and how they are produced) The artistic director announced that a new play would be staged next month. a musical director He later became musical director of the London Symphony Orchestra. Examples from the Corpus director• The Alley has undergone a rebirth under Boyd, who became artistic director in 1989.• Have you met the new finance director?• As art gallery director, Alistair will be served one.• Many said the special effects, a hallmark of director Steven Spielberg, were amazing.• This demonstrates how difficult it has become to determine the real incomes of such highly paid directors.• Miller has been appointed to the position of sales director.• For youngsters in particular the personality of the director is as important as any musical qualifications.• The directors are meeting today to discuss the company's future.• The director keeps his audience off-balance.• Dr Jane Wilde, director of the Health Promotion Agency board of directors• The company itself is run by a board of directors elected by the shareholders.• To begin, he formed a council that would act like a board of directors for Magma Metals.• It notes he served on the Leesburg Soccer Club board of directors a decade ago.• He found two lists of boards of directors, apparently copied from a magazine article.• He set up a powerful board of directors to represent a cross section of business, political and public sector interests.• And that there will be a temporary board of directors real soon, also appointed by her.• In practice they are recommended for appointment by the board of directors.• There's only one woman on the board of directors.• The board of directors is unlikely to be in as good a position as the manager to judge on this. finance/marketing/sales etc director• Walsh became Marketing Director on a salary of £20,000, and with a £1.5 million budget.• As trade in services soars, taxmen will find it harder to keep up with clever finance directors.• Um, we do have the September challenge from our national sales director.• And to marketing director Elizabeth Carduff, whose support and deep-felt response to this book has turned business into pure pleasure. From Longman Business Dictionary directordi·rec·tor /dəˈrektə, daɪ--ər/ (also company director) noun [countableC] 1JOBone of the committee of top managers who control a company The board of directors are expected to cut the 35-cent quarterly dividend when they meet later this month. → see also board of directors → alternate director → creative director → executive director → guineapig director → managing director → non-executive director 2JOB financial/sales/personnel etc director someone who is in charge of a particular department of an organization
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