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

• However, Nur al-Din was not alone in facing ambitious underlings.
  但努尔丁是不会独自面对这位雄心勃勃的下属的。
• "They're robbed by underlings," said Fanny shortly." just what I said. "
  “他们是被手下那帮人坑的，”范妮烦躁地说。“就是我说的那样。”
• 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。
• Let the rest of these people be seen by underlings.
  让下属去见其他这些人吧。
• 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。
• The fact that she is not put off by your attentions and is even prepared to favour you as a friend could mean that she is emotionally warped and gets a thrill out of being loved in vain by underlings.
  她没有对你的关注感到反感，甚至准备把你当成好朋友，可能说明她情感上有些扭曲，下属徒劳的爱恋让她感到兴奋。
• Tragicomically, the study found that bosses often believe their own guff, even if their underlings do not.
  令人哭笑不得的是，调查显示，不管下属们信不信老板说的废话，反正老板们自己信了。
• Then the underlings open their mouths only to impress the boss.
  这种情况下，下属开口就是为了给老板留下印象。
• 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。
• Hired underlings of a gangster boss.
  流氓头子雇用的喽罗。