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president; presidential ☊ tổng thống ☊
主席 → ☊ zhu3xi2 chairperson; premier; chairman; CL:个/个ge4,位wei4 ☊ Tổng thống ☊
总裁 → ☊ zong3cai2 chairman; director-general (of a company etc) ☊ Tổng thống ☊
总统 → ☊ zong3tong3 president (of a country); CL:个/个ge4,位wei4,名ming2,届/届jie4 ☊ Tổng thống ☊
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OXF3000N hiệu trưởng chủ tịnh tổng thống president
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Who will be President? ☊ Ai sẽ là Tổng thống? ☊ Politics
You are an American citizen and you do not know the name of the president. ☊ Bạn là một công dân Mỹ và bạn không biết tên của Tổng thống. ☊ Politics
like: Tổng thống → →
die Wahl des Präsidenten ☊ bầu cử tổng thống ☊ ☊
Journalists were denied access to the President. ☊ access ☊
Some senators reacted angrily to the President's remarks. ☊ angrily ☊
Someone has made an attempt on the President's life. ☊ attempt ☊
the President's campaign team/manager ☊ campaign ☊
one of the leading candidates for the presidency ☊ candidate ☊
a presidential candidate ☊ candidate ☊
It was a direct challenge to the president's authority. ☊ challenge ☊
one of the President's chief rivals ☊ chief ☊
The President was shot at close range (= from a short distance away). ☊ close ☊
He was closeted with the President for much of the day. ☊ closet ☊
commit sb/yourself (to sth/to doing sth): The President is committed to reforming health care. ☊ commit ☊
The President's health was giving serious cause for concern. ☊ concern ☊
concerned about/for sth: The President is deeply concerned about this issue. ☊ concerned ☊
the Democratic Party Convention (= to elect a candidate for president) ☊ convention ☊
The President was not directly involved. ☊ directly ☊
disapprove sth: A solid majority disapproves the way the president is handling the controversy. ☊ disapprove ☊
It was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the US president downwards. ☊ downwards ☊
In America, presidential elections are held every four years. ☊ election ☊
election (as sth): We welcome his election as president. ☊ election ☊
The problems facing the President are enormous. ☊ enormous ☊
ex-president ☊ ex- ☊
The president took the extraordinary step of apologizing publicly for his behaviour! ☊ extraordinary ☊
A period of unrest followed the president's resignation. ☊ follow ☊
force sb into doing sth: The President was forced into resigning. ☊ force ☊
force sb/yourself to do sth: The President was forced to resign. ☊ force ☊
the country's first freely elected president ☊ freely ☊
Recent events throw doubt on the president's political future. ☊ future ☊
The President will be giving a press conference this afternoon. ☊ give ☊
insult to sb/sth: His comments were seen as an insult to the president. ☊ insult ☊
Several attempts have been made on the President's life (= several people have tried to kill him). ☊ life ☊
meet with sb: The President met with senior White House aides. ☊ meet ☊
The President met with senior White House aides. ☊ meet with sb ☊
a televised message from the President to the American people ☊ message ☊
the official biography of the President ☊ official ☊
She takes orders only from the president. ☊ order ☊
Two out of three people think the President should resign. ☊ out ☊
the royal/presidential palace ☊ palace ☊
The President made a personal appearance at the event. ☊ personal ☊
Police uncovered a plot against the president. ☊ plot ☊
a possible future president ☊ possible ☊
power (of sth): The president has the power of veto over all new legislation. ☊ power ☊
Several presidents attended the funeral. ☊ president ☊
the President of the United States ☊ president ☊
President Obama is due to visit the country next month. ☊ president ☊
it is proposed that...: It was proposed that the president be elected for a period of two years. ☊ propose ☊
quote (sb) (as doing sth): The President was quoted in the press as saying that he disagreed with the decision. ☊ quote ☊
race (for sth): the race for the presidency ☊ race ☊
The rumours eventually reached the President. ☊ reach ☊
the President's passing reference to (= brief mention of) the end of the war ☊ reference ☊
Questions remain about the president's honesty. ☊ remain ☊
events leading to the removal of the president from office ☊ removal ☊
The opposition have been repeating their calls for the president's resignation. ☊ repeat ☊
report as doing sth: The President is reported as saying that he needs a break. ☊ report ☊
The President was represented at the ceremony by the Vice-President. ☊ represent ☊
run for sb/sth: to run for president ☊ run ☊
The letter bore the president's seal. ☊ seal ☊
The President refused to speak to the waiting journalists. ☊ speak ☊
Everyone stood when the President came in. ☊ stand ☊
Russian newspapers are largely sympathetic to the president. ☊ sympathetic ☊
during the president's first term of/in office ☊ term ☊
The newspaper had printed the full text of the president's speech. ☊ text ☊
The President stressed a favourite campaign theme—greater emphasis on education. ☊ theme ☊
His aim was to become president. ☊ to ☊
The President is out of tune with public opinion. ☊ be in/out of tune (with sb/sth) ☊
The President agreed to speak to the waiting journalists. ☊ wait ☊
The eyes of the world are on the President. ☊ world ☊