chief operating officer
noun [ C ] business specialized uk/tʃiːf ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tɪŋ ˌɒf.ɪ.sər/ us/tʃiːf ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɪŋ ˌɑː.fɪ.sɚ/ (abbreviation COO); (also chief operations officer, /tʃiːf ɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃənz ˌɒf.ɪ.sər/ /tʃiːf ɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃənz ˌɑː.fɪ.sɚ/)
（公司的）首席运营官
the manager in an organization who is responsible for how the whole organization is run
The chief operating officer for the British energy company said the cleanup had been successful. 这家英国能源公司的首席运营官说，清理工作已经取得了成功。
She became chief operating officer of the organization in October 2012, the year before it went public. 2012年10月，也就是公司上市的前一年，她成为了公司的首席运营官。
The district used to have a managing director, but several years ago split that job between a chief financial officer and chief operations officer. 这个地区曾经有一个总经理，但是几年前这个职位被分成了首席财务官和首席运营官。
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- He currently serves as deputy chief operating officer at News, with responsibility for the Fox TV stations.
- In 2015 he was appointed chief operating officer, but he failed to get the CEO job in a succession contest.
- Gary Miller, chief operating officer for Cornerstone, said the Department of Family Services is placing fewer than half the number of juveniles in the facility than it had over the last five years.
- According to Denny Shaw, chief operations officer of the i-Safe America program, more than 10 percent of teens admit they would willingly meet an online stranger face-to-face.