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

• This was a topic of fierce debate among executives. Mr. Jobs hated the idea of sharing the iPod with Windows, but he eventually acquiesced to his lieutenants.
  当时这在管理层中曾激起很大的争论，乔布斯不喜欢iPod与Windows兼容的想法，但最终还是默许手下这样做。
• In the navy, the lieutenants are subordinate to captains.
  在海军中，中尉比上尉的地位低。
• 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）。
• They were sent by the lieutenants wife, pregnant with their first child, and she promised to send ribbons& blue if a boy, pink if a girl.
  那是中尉的妻子寄来的，她怀上了他们的第一个宝宝，她保证将送丝带给他是男孩就送蓝色丝带，女孩就送粉色丝带。
• 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。
• On Wednesday, Mr Diamond and three top lieutenants said they would waive their bonuses this year to "reflect our collective responsibility as leaders".
  周三，戴蒙德和其他三位高管表示，他们将放弃今年的奖金，以“反映我们作为领导者的集体责任”。
• 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。
• These cunning, malefic beings once served as the demon Kil'jaeden's most trusted lieutenants.
  这些狡诈邪恶的生物是恶魔基尔加丹最信任的助手。
• Kate, what do you know about the lieutenants?
  凯特，有关于中尉的事你知道些什么？
• The organized crime figure and his lieutenants.
  团伙犯罪人物和他的副手们。