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

• Though they are still at war with enemy armies, these lieutenants cannot find their own way forward.
  尽管这些副官仍然在与敌军作战，但他们无法靠自己开辟一条前行的道路。
• 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。
• Under a deal with Nasdaq, niederauer and his lieutenants would almost certainly be shown the door.
  而如果接受纳斯达克的收购要约，尼德奥尔和他的团队几乎肯定会被赶出门。
• He was killed in the attack but his key lieutenants escaped into the mountains that surround East Timor's capital, Dili.
  雷纳多在伏击中被打死，但是他的副手逃进了首都东帝汶周围的山区。
• So far it appears that Blankfein and his lieutenants, who mostly come from the world of traders, have been winning.
  迄今为止，主要来自交易部门的布兰克费恩和他的副手们一直占据着上风。
• In the army, lieutenants are subordinate to captains.
  在陆军中，中尉是上尉的下级。
• Fred Goodwin, disgraced former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, was notorious for what were nicknamed morning beatings, where he focused rage and ridicule on his lieutenants.
  苏格兰皇家银行（RBS）名誉扫地的前首席执行官弗雷德•古德温（FredGoodwin）因被戏称为早晨打击的会议而声名远扬&他在会上对下属极尽批评和嘲讽之能事。
• 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。
• 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。