in many elected political systems, a member of a political party in a parliament, etc., who is in charge of making certain that other party members are present at voting time and that they vote in a particular way. In the British political system, the chief whip of the governing political party in parliament is also a member of the cabinet (= group of important government ministers) and has the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury.

Castagnetti was chief whip of the Italian centre-left Margherita party. 卡斯塔涅蒂曾任意大利中左翼政党自由雏菊党的首席党鞭。

They walked the few yards back to the Chief Whip's office in Downing Street. 他们走了几步回到了唐宁街的首席党鞭办公室。