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You can picture a director as the person standing at the front who tells the rest where to go — the one who 'directs', i.e. points and steers the others. Whatever the group is — a company, a department, a film crew — a director is the person whose job is to point it in a direction and keep everyone moving that way.
可以想成 director 就是站在最前面、替大家指方向的那個人——字根 direct 本來就是「指、引導、使對準某…更多收起
可以想成 director 就是站在最前面、替大家指方向的那個人——字根 direct 本來就是「指、引導、使對準某個方向」。不管後面帶的是公司、部門還是拍片現場，director 都是那個負責「指向哪邊走、並讓大家照著走」的人。原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
directornoun/dɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/
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One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
- Francis Gurry is director of WIPO.
- The easiest way for Neera Tanden to win confirmation as Joe Biden’s budget director is for Democrats to take the Senate in January.
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A member of a board of directors.
- [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].
- Being named to a board of a directors at an established company may seem out of reach — especially if you’re under 50. Or a woman. Or a minority. Or you haven’t made it to the C-suite (yet). […] Last year, S&P 500 boards named 428 new directors, according to Spencer Stuart’s Board Index. Of them, 40% were women, 17% were under 50, and only a third were active or retired CEOs.
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A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
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That which directs or orientates something.
- Installed longer flow director; it now just covers the entire diameter of the 6-in. brine return nozzle, and is 4 in. high […]
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governmentmilitarypoliticsA device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesThe common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
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businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityA component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。