commander in chief

基本解释

John Adams, the major figure in the Continental Congress, and George Washington, the commander in chief of the Continental Army, are the chief players in this unusual story.
大陆会议里的主要人物约翰·亚当斯和大陆军的总司令乔治·华盛顿，是这个不同寻常的故事里的主要玩家。
"We prevailed in a hard campaign in which the Republicans said I was too young and too inexperienced to be commander in chief, " he said.
他说：“共和党人曾说我太年青，太缺乏经验，不能担任三军统帅，不过我们还是赢得了那场艰难的选举。
Please tell him ‘thank you for your service’ from his commander in chief!
总统写道，“请转告他，他的总司令‘非常感谢你的服役！’

He said: I think the Constitution gives the commander in chief special powers under the laws of war.
He said he made it under his wartime powers as commander in chief.
This is what it said: I,Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States and commander in chief of the Army and Navy, do hereby declare that on the first day of January, eighteen sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state then in rebellion against the United States, shall then become and be forever free.

As governor of Kansas, I am the commander in chief of our National Guard.
NPR: Text of the Democratic Response to the State of the Union Address

A commander-in-chief is an officer in charge of all the forces in a particular area.