VP is the short form of *vice-president*, and it is used in two very different places.

VP is the short form of vice-president是「副總統」的縮寫，and it is used in two very different places用在兩種很不一樣的地方。

In politics, especially American politics, the VP is the country's second-highest leader, the person who takes over if the president cannot serve — "the VP will attend the funeral", "who will he pick as his VP?".

In politics, especially American politics在政治上，尤其是美國政治裡，the VP is the country's second-highest leaderVP指的是這個國家地位第二高的領導人，the person who takes over if the president cannot serve也就是總統沒辦法做的時候接手的人——比如'the VP will attend the funeral'「副總統將出席喪禮」、'who will he pick as his VP?'「他會選誰當他的副總統？」這樣的說法。

In business, a VP is a senior manager, one level below the top, usually in charge of one area: VP of Sales, VP of Engineering, VP of Marketing. Note that in big American companies there can be many VPs at once, so the title says "senior", not "second in the whole company".

In business在商業上，a VP is a senior managerVP指的是一位資深經理，one level below the top比最高層低一階，usually in charge of one area通常負責一個部門：VP of Sales, VP of Engineering, VP of Marketing像業務副總、工程副總、行銷副總這樣。Note that要注意的是，in big American companies there can be many VPs at once在美國的大公司裡同時可能有很多個VP，so the title says "senior"所以這個頭銜代表的是「資深」，not "second in the whole company"而不是「全公司排第二」。

You write it with capital letters and normally with no full stops (VP, though V.P. is also seen), and you say it letter by letter: "vee-pee". It works as a noun on its own ("she made VP last year") and in front of another noun ("the VP candidate"). The plural is VPs.

You write it with capital letters and normally with no full stops寫法是用大寫字母，通常不加句點（VP，though V.P. is also seen不過V.P.這種寫法也看得到），and you say it letter by letter唸的時候一個字母一個字母唸："vee-pee"「vee-pee」。It works as a noun on its own它可以單獨當名詞用（"she made VP last year"像她去年升上VP了），and in front of another noun也可以放在另一個名詞前面（"the VP candidate"像副總統候選人）。The plural is VPs複數是VPs。

It is informal-to-neutral: fine in speech, in email, on a business card and in headlines, but formal documents usually spell out *Vice President*. One more thing — VP has other meanings in other fields, but in ordinary English this is the one people mean.

It is informal-to-neutral語氣算是非正式到中性：fine in speech, in email, on a business card and in headlines口語、email、名片、標題裡都可以用，but formal documents usually spell out Vice President但正式文件通常會把Vice President整個拼出來。One more thing還有一點——VP has other meanings in other fieldsVP在別的領域有別的意思，but in ordinary English this is the one people mean但在一般英文裡大家講的通常就是這個意思。