lieutenants

英 [lɛfˈtɛnənts]

美 [luˈtɛnənts]

n.  (陆军)中尉; (海军或空军)上尉; 仅低于…官阶的官员; (美国警察的)一定级别的警官
lieutenant的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-TITLE （陆军、海军陆战队、空军）中尉，少尉；（海军）上尉；（美国警察的）警督，小队长
  Alieutenantis a person who holds a junior officer's rank in the army, navy, marines, or air force, or in the American police force.
  1. Lieutenant Campbell ordered the man at the wheel to steer for the gunboat.
     坎贝尔上尉命令舵手将船开向炮艇。
  2. Lieutenantis also a combining form.
     （亦可用于构词）
  3. ...Lieutenant Colonel Gale Carter.
     盖尔·卡特中校
• N-COUNT 助理；（尤指）副职
  If you refer to someone as a person'slieutenant, you mean they are that person's assistant, especially their main assistant, in an organization or activity.
  1. He was my right-hand man, my lieutenant on the field, a cool, calculated footballer.
     他是我的得力助手，球场上的代理人，是一个冷静而有头脑的足球运动员。

双语例句

• When Mr Fuld's lieutenants warned that their bank's failure would unleash a financial tsunami, Mr Paulson accused them of talking their own book.
  当富尔德的副手们警告，他们的银行一旦倒闭，会引发金融海啸时，保尔森指责他们只顾自己。
• Obama is the head of infidelity and killing him automatically will make [ Vice President Joe] Biden take over the presidency for the remainder of the term, as it is the norm over there, bin Laden wrote in a letter to one of his top lieutenants.
  拉登在写给他的一名最高级助理的信中说：奥巴马是无信仰之首，把他杀掉会让美国副总统拜登接管剩下的任期，这是美国的传统。
• Commander in chief: franklin Delano roosevelt, his lieutenants and their war.
  主帅：富兰克林德拉诺罗斯福，他的将士们和他们的战争。
• Mr Bernanke and his lieutenants are conventionally Keynesian.
  伯南克及其副手向来是凯恩斯主义者。
• Even though Mr Immelt recently lost one of his closest lieutenants, David Calhoun, to private equity, he claims not to be worried about the competition for talent from buyout funds that can offer large rewards in a relatively short period of time.
  即使伊梅尔特最亲密的副手之一大卫卡尔霍恩（davidcalhoun）最近去了私人股本基金，但他仍声称，并不担心来自收购基金的人才竞争（这些基金能在相对较短的时间内提供高额报酬）。
• If you harbour concerns, you usually bombard lieutenants with questions.
  如果你心存疑虑，你通常会连珠炮式地向你的副手发问。
• They are all lieutenants in lvm's Manassas chapter.
  他们都是lvm马纳萨斯镇地方分会的副队长。
• In the navy, the lieutenants are subordinate to captains.
  在海军中，中尉比上尉的地位低。
• If your team is underperforming, take a close look at how your lieutenants manage their direct reports.
  如果你的团队业绩不佳，一定要仔细观察一下公司经理们是如何管理直接下属的。
• The departure of Mr Brandon, who will be replaced by his number two, Franklin "TAD" Montross, is a blow to Mr Buffett, who for years considered him one of his closest lieutenants.
  布兰登的离去对巴菲特是一个打击，他多年来都将布兰登视为自己最得力的助手之一。