| 单词 | flag officer |
| 释义 | flag officer (once / 49661 pages) n WORD FAMILY flag officer: flag officers USAGE EXAMPLESThe notion of a transformation — from flag officer to political insider — may be too simple. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) With a post-divorce NSA run by a civilian, instead of a general or flag officer, Rogers would be out of a job. The Guardian(Nov 19, 2016) General and flag officers generally have been removed from their billets only for misconduct, a failure on the battlefield, or screw-ups inside the bureaucracy. Time(Sep 11, 2016) n a senior naval officer above the rank of captain Exp|Hypo|Hyper Captain Bligh British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817) Sir Francis DrakeEnglish explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) Viscount NelsonEnglish admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805) Isoroku YamamotoJapanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943) admiral, full admiral the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral five-star admiral, fleet admiralan admiral of the highest rank rear admiralan admiral junior to a vice admiral vice admiralan admiral ranking below a full admiral and above a rear admiral commissioned naval officer a commissioned officer in the navy |
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