commander-in-chief

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He rendered a report to the commander-in-chief.
他向總司令作了匯報。
IF THERE is one thing conservatives agree on, it is that Barack Obama is not tough enough to be commander-in-chief.
如果保守黨在一件事上態(tài)度一致，那就是巴拉克?奧巴馬還作為總司令還不夠強硬。
Meetings in the past between an outgoing and incoming president have amounted to little more than reminiscing, accompanied by a little advice on what to expect as US commander-in-chief.
以往，在即將卸任和上任的總統(tǒng)之間進行的會面多數(shù)乏善可陳，不過是對美國未來的陸海軍總司令作出的一些小小忠告而已。

This week marked Barack Obama's first month as president -- and his first major action as commander-in-chief.
He argued that Lincoln had been commander-in-chief of all military forces and had been murdered during wartime.
But he said his responsibilities as commander-in-chief led him to his decision.

G.s wanted to be for Obama, but needed some help visualizing him as Commander-in-Chief.
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a commander in charge of all the armed forces of a country or of all the forces fighting in a particular area or operation

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