bosses

英 [ˈbɒsɪz]

美 [ˈbɔːsɪz]

n.  老板; 工头; 领班; 总经理; 领导
v.  对(某人)发号施令
boss的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 老板；上司
  Yourbossis the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
  1. He cannot stand his boss...
     他无法忍受他的老板。
  2. Occasionally I have to go and ask the boss for a rise.
     有时我不得不找老板要求加薪。
• N-COUNT 领导；头儿；发号施令者
  If you arethe bossin a group or relationship, you are the person who makes all the decisions.
  1. He thinks he's the boss.
     他认为自己是头儿。
• VERB 对…颐指气使；对…指手画脚
  If you say that someonebossesyou, you mean that they keep telling you what to do in a way that is irritating.
  1. We cannot boss them into doing more...
     我们不能再差遣他们做更多的事了。
  2. 'You are not to boss me!' she shouted.
     “你不能指挥我！”她喊道。
  3. Boss around, or in British Englishboss about, means the same asboss.
     boss around,boss about（英国英语）同boss
  4. He started bossing people around and I didn't like what was happening.
     他开始把别人差来遣去，而我不喜欢他这样。
• PHRASE 为自己打工；自己拿主意
  If youareyourown boss, you work for yourself or make your own decisions and do not have anyone telling you what to do.
  1. I'm very much my own boss and no one interferes with what I do.
     我自己很有主见，没有人干预我做的事。

双语例句

• That's why my bosses pay me.
  这就是为什么我老板付我工资。
• Future bosses and spouses may not be so patient with this behavior.
  孩子今后的老板和配偶对这种行为可能就没有那么大的耐心了。
• He had been taken to see several of the bosses, with the result that one had promised him a job the beginning of the next week.
  他已经接受了很多个老板的面试，其中一个答应下星期初给他安排工作。
• Many workers leave a position because they're unhappy with their bosses.
  很多人离开一个职位是因为和上司相处不好。
• Most bosses are traditional.
  大多数老板都很传统。
• We were disgusted when bosses awarded themselves a massive pay rise. How can they get on the gravy train, but ask us to take a wage freeze?
  看到老板为自己大幅加薪，我们感到十分气愤。他们凭什么轻轻松松捞油水却要求我们不涨工资？
• And make sure your bosses, mentors, and potential sponsors know you have it.
  而且一定要让你的老板、导师和担保人知道。
• How do the bosses retain the confidence of their staff, clients and stockholders?
  那些老板们如何保持员工、客户和股东的信任？
• Bosses have a way of always finding out about such things.
  老板总喜欢把这类事情搞清楚。
• Underlings fawn on their bosses.
  奴才巴结主子。