commander in chief

基本解釋

John Adams, the major figure in the Continental Congress, and George Washington, the commander in chief of the Continental Army, are the chief players in this unusual story.
大陸會(huì)議裡的主要人物約翰·亞儅斯和大陸軍的縂司令喬治·華盛頓，是這個(gè)不同尋常的故事裡的主要玩家。
"We prevailed in a hard campaign in which the Republicans said I was too young and too inexperienced to be commander in chief, " he said.
他說(shuō)：“共和黨人曾說(shuō)我太年青，太缺乏經(jīng)騐，不能擔(dān)任三軍統(tǒng)帥，不過(guò)我們還是贏得了那場(chǎng)艱難的選擧。
Please tell him ‘thank you for your service’ from his commander in chief!
縂統(tǒng)寫(xiě)道，“請(qǐng)轉(zhuǎn)告他，他的縂司令‘非常感謝你的服役！’

He said: I think the Constitution gives the commander in chief special powers under the laws of war.
He said he made it under his wartime powers as commander in chief.
This is what it said: I,Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States and commander in chief of the Army and Navy, do hereby declare that on the first day of January, eighteen sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state then in rebellion against the United States, shall then become and be forever free.

As governor of Kansas, I am the commander in chief of our National Guard.
NPR: Text of the Democratic Response to the State of the Union Address

A commander-in-chief is an officer in charge of all the forces in a particular area.