chairman

The chairperson (also chair, chairman, or chairwoman) is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative [existing for the purpose of discussing or planning sth] assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the group, presides over meetings of the group, and conducts the group's business in an orderly fashion.

In some organizations, the chairperson is also known as president (or other title). In others, where a board appoints a president (or other title), the two terms are used for distinctly different positions.

The plural form of chairperson is chairpersons or chairpeople.

Terms for the office and its holder include chair, chairperson, chairman, chairwoman, convenor/convener, facilitator, moderator, president, and presiding officer. The chairperson of a parliamentary chamber is often called the speaker. Chair has been used to refer to a seat or office of authority since the middle of the 17th century; its earliest citation in the Oxford English Dictionary dates to 1658–1659, four years after the first citation for chairman. Chairman has been criticized as sexist.

If you preside over a meeting or an event, you are in charge. 想起Joey演professor, 说When I'm not professing... profess是个词。

一个笑话：新娘：“亲爱的以后啥都要说我们的。” 新郎说“好”后走进卫生间半天没出来。新娘：“你在里面干什么？” 新郎：“我在刮我们的胡子。”

原创：男的小时候淘气，女的长大了顽皮。

In World Schools Style debating, as of 2009, chair or chairperson refers to the person who controls the debate; it recommends using Madame Chair or Mr. Chairman to address the chair. The FranklinCovey Style Guide for Business and Technical Communication and the American Psychological Association style guide advocate using chair or chairperson. The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style (2000) suggested that the gender-neutral forms were gaining ground; it advocated chair for both men and women. The Telegraph style guide bans the use of chair and chairperson; the newspaper's position, as of 2018, is that "chairman is correct English". The National Association of Parliamentarians adopted a resolution in 1975 discouraging the use of chairperson and rescinded it in 2017.

If a government or a group of people in power rescind a law or agreement, they officially withdraw it and state that it is no longer valid. When people in authority revoke something such as a licence, a law, or an agreement, they cancel it.

The word chair can refer to the place from which the holder of the office presides, whether on a chair, at a lectern [讲台; 长得和lecture很像], or elsewhere. During meetings, the person presiding is said to be "in the chair" and is also referred to as "the chair". Parliamentary procedure requires that members address the "chair" as "Mr. (or Madam) Chairman (or Chair or Chairperson)" rather than using a name – one of many customs intended to maintain the presiding officer's impartiality and to ensure an objective and impersonal approach.

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