老板用英文表示为boss。boss可作名词、及物动词和形容词三种词性，基本含义除了“老板”之外，还有“领班”、“总经理”、“对某人发号施令”、“很好的”等意思。

1、作为名词时，译为老板;工头;领班;总经理;领导。

例句：I'll ask my boss if I can have the day off.

我要问一下老板我能不能请一天假。

Hospital bosses protested at the decision.

医院领导们抗议这一决定。

He cannot stand his boss...

他无法忍受他的老板。

He thinks he's the boss.

他认为自己是头儿。

I have established a good working relationship with my boss.

我与老板已经建立起良好的工作关系。

I'm the new straw boss around here.

我是这里新的工头。

The boss operated like a general in charge of field forces.

领班行动起来象指挥野战部队的将军。

Hospital bosses protested at the decision.

医院领导们抗议这一决定。

2、作为及物动词时，译为对(某人)发号施令。

例句：I'm sick of you bossing me around!

我讨厌你对我指手画脚。

We cannot boss them into doing more...

我们不能再差遣他们做更多的事了。

Tom likes bossing people about.

汤姆喜欢对人发号施令。

He was feeling his oats and started to boss the other men.

他神气活现，并开始对别人发号施令。

David complained that his older sister was always bossing him around.

大卫抱怨说他姐姐总对他发号施令。

Henry's never so happy as when he's bossing others about.

亨利最喜欢对别人发号施令。

3、作为形容词时，译为很好的。

例句：I'm very much my own boss and no one interferes with what I do.

我自己很有主见，没有人干预我做的事。