a person appointed to a role on or by a commission, in particular 受委托的人;委员;特派员,尤指 ■a representative of the supreme authority in an area 地区最高代表;专员 ■the head of the Metropolitan Police in London 伦敦首都警察局局长 ■(N. Amer.)a person appointed to regulate a particular sport (北美)体育组织的行政管理人,干事 a baseball commissioner. 棒球队总干事。
语源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin commissionarius, from Latin commissio (see commission)