underlings

英 [ˈʌndəlɪŋz]

美 [ˈʌndərlɪŋz]

n.  走卒; 喽啰; 手下; 下属
underling的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 跟班儿；手下；羽翼；喽啰；走卒
  You refer to someone as anunderlingwhen they are inferior in rank or status to someone else and take orders from them. You use this word to show that you do not respect someone.
  1. Every underling feared him.
     所有的手下都怕他。
  2. ...underlings who do the dirty work.
     行卑劣之事的走卒

双语例句

• He dishes out orders to his underlings.
  他向手下人随意发号施令。
• Even now, he works 80 to 90-hour weeks, a camera constantly trained on his face to shout commands at underlings.
  即使是现在，他每周仍然工作80至90个小时，一架摄像机瞄准他的脸，以方便他对下属发号施令。
• Heathcliff, on second thoughts, resolved to avoid a struggle against the three underlings.
  希刺克厉夫一转念，决定避免和这三个下属争斗。
• Indian media reports say there is also official suspicion some of his underlings may have provided support to the terrorists who struck last week.
  印度媒体报导说，还有官员怀疑，达乌德.易卜拉欣的一些手下可能为上星期发动袭击的恐怖分子提供了支持。
• She had claimed that her boss had told all his female underlings to signal with their eyes if they desperately wanted to be laid on the boardroom table.
  这名女子指控她的老板对所有女下属说出了这样的话：如果她们特别想被放倒在会议桌上，只要用眼睛示意一下。
• Isaiah said to them,'Tell your master,'This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard-those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
  以赛亚对他们说，要这样对你们的主人说，耶和华如此说，你听见亚述王的仆人亵渎我的话，不要惧怕。
• Real-life members of Congress love the series, as do underlings.
  不过现实中，国会议员和下属们都很喜欢这部剧。
• Meanwhile their underlings were paid about 1 per cent less than had the CEO remained childless.
  同时，这些首席执行官的下属薪水会比老板没有孩子时下降1%左右。
• To me, the fact that you are worrying about it makes you morally superior to all the managers who routinely run down their underlings without a second thought.
  在我看来，你对此感到担心的事实，就证明你的道德水平高于所有那些通常不假思索就会贬低下属的经理。
• And even the sell-side analysts get their underlings to do them.
  就算是销售分析师也通常把这事交给手下人干。