1The elected head of a republican state.

爱尔兰总统。

1. 1.1 The head of a society, council, or other organization.
   （协会、委员会等的）主席；会长
   the president of the European Union

   欧共体主席。

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   • Both have served as presidents of local business organizations.
   • Martin Luther King became the first president of the organization.
   • Now, like Isaac Newton, May is president of the Royal Society, Britain's premier scientific organisation.
   • As a former president of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, Forte is well aware of issues facing the sector.
   • It's hard to be interested in winning when your organization - from the president down to the manager - isn't.
   • The president of the UFO Society of Ireland, Betty Meyler, believes the flying objects are a sign of life on other planets.
   • He was a founder of the Royal Geographical Society and a president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
   • I spoke to all the society presidents as soon as this came up to ensure everyone was aware of the university policy.
   • Lowe is the 15th president of the organization, and will serve as the national chair for the next two years.
   • The former president of the Transplantation Society is a supporter of Professor Hall's and accepts his explanation.
   • However, if there is a dispute between the Church and State, both sides will have to refer the matter to the president of the Law Society of Ireland.
   • The president of the Royal Society has told the government that scientific reasoning must be a core part of school education up until the age of 19.
   • Ip and Chow are former presidents of the Law Society, a group that is considered more conservative than the Bar Association.
   • And we'll also have gorillas, crows, dogs, and the new president of the Royal Society of London.
   • He did his apprenticeship with the then president of the Pharmaceutical Society and managed one of his shops for seven years.
   • The fourth recipient of an honorary degree was Lord May, president of the Royal Society and a former chief scientific adviser to the Government.
   • Samuel Pepys was the son of a London tailor and a president of the Royal Society.
   • Royal Society president Lord May of Oxford has said he is ‘alarmed’ at the lack of a clear commitment to science.
   • The Park Service ignored a letter of protest signed by the presidents of seven scientific societies on December 16, 2003.
   • For the second time in less than eight months, the Simon Fraser Student Society has lost its president.
2. 1.2 The head of certain colleges.
   （学院）院长
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   • Letters over the past year from the staff on the matter have not elicited a response from the college president.
   • She acknowledges that the classic transition for presidents of liberal arts colleges is to move up to the next rung on the presidential ladder by running a university.
   • Baker and Upshaw assert that understanding and supporting the college mission is a basic expectation for community college presidents and their leadership teams.
   • I was encouraged when college presidents, provosts, and professors at about half of the 70 schools I contacted were willing to speak to me.
   • Twenty-five years ago, college presidents reported spending about one-third of their time in contact with individuals external to the university.
   • Quality and accountability continue to be the focus of community college presidents.
   • Reminders from the staff to the college president during the past twelve months have again gone unanswered.
   • Some scholars are predicting that as many as 70% of all community college presidents will be retiring in the next 10 years.
   • A new president of the college, Michael S. Bassis, took office last summer.
   • This person assisted the college presidents in alliance administrative matters.
   • These college presidents also worry about the persistence of poverty in many American communities, often in those where campuses are located.
   • There has been plenty of discussion in the last few years of the need for college presidents to speak out more often and thoughtfully on public issues.
   • The perceptions of college presidents in the 1970's, consequently, would differ from their perceptions today.
   • Ms. Smith was also supported by her parents and her college president.
   • There once was a time when American college presidents enjoyed the confidence of 61 percent of the public.
   • College presidents mobilize to promote liberal education for all students.
   • The responsibilities of technical and community college presidents have been vastly expanded in the last decade.
   • The staff's letters this past year to the president of the college have, like those of the year before, not yielded a response.
   • The executive director is on a par with the college presidents but does not have an allegiance to a particular campus, thus serving as a neutral party.
   • It is entirely proper for the president of a college to be concerned with the institution's public image.

   Synonyms

   head, chief, director, leader, governor, principal, master, chancellor, vice chancellor, dean, rector, warden, provost, captain, figurehead
3. 1.3North American The head of a university.
   〈北美〉大学校长
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   • In March the university announced that the president is retiring from office.
   • There is also a desire to emulate the corporate world, which is understandable as many presidents of elite universities sit on corporate boards.
   • This development alarmed the leadership of the science and technology community, including university presidents.
   • All too often, the current generation of university presidents fails to share this appreciation.
   • That December, however, the university president notified the professor of her intent to dismiss him.
   • It's also easy to overstate the degree to which university presidents ever were opinion leaders.
   • Still others take on administrative roles as chairs, deans, or perhaps even university presidents.
   • Only 2 percent of all women presidents head major research universities.
   • Several university presidents chaired committees and, following customary practices, earned an additional fee for this responsibility.
   • The chief executive officer of a university is the president, who is usually appointed by the government.
   • Are public university presidents required, like other government officials, to submit to the review of an ethics commission?
   • Some nights ago my partner and I had dinner with the president of the University of Southern California and his wife.
   • The council endorsed the policy, which was enacted by the university president.
   • A new president of Murray State University, F. King Alexander, took office this past winter.
   • Just over half of the university presidents in our studies led public as opposed to private institutions.
   • How many university presidents sit on corporate boards of corporations, especially those with whom their university has entered various partnerships?
   • He will end his trip with a stop in Boston to hold talks with the presidents of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on expanding educational exchanges.
   • What rules of engagement do university presidents set for their campuses?
   • It's fascinating to learn how much your university president makes - or the dean of students for that matter.
   • If something occurs that they don't like, they're apt to dial the university president directly.

   Synonyms

   head, chief, director, leader, governor, principal, master, chancellor, vice chancellor, dean, rector, warden, provost, captain, figurehead
4. 1.4North American The head of a company.
   〈北美〉大学校长
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Foster was the president of Shaker Title Services, which is now defunct.
   • Ecuador's state oil company president resigned Tuesday for failing to halt a steady decline in production.

   Synonyms

   chairman, chairwoman

   managing director, MD, chief executive (officer), CEO, director

2Christian Church
The celebrant at a Eucharist.