1 a person who manages or controls a company or organization 董事；理事: the managing director of Rolls Royce 劳斯莱斯汽车公司的总经理She's on the board of directors (= group of directors) of a large computer company. 她是一家大计算机公司的董事会成员。

2 a person who is responsible for a particular activity or department in a company, a college, etc 主管；主任；校长；局长；所长: the director of studies of a language school 语言学校的课程主任

3 a person who tells the actors, etc what to do in a film, play, etc 导演: a film/theatre director 电影╱戏剧导演