deputy
deputy 英 [ˈdepjuti] 美 [ˈdɛpjəti]
n. 代理人，代表 adj. 副的；代理的
名词复数:deputies
- A deputy is a sheriff's assistant, the person who fills in when the sheriff isn't available. When a deputy is in charge, she has the same powers and authority as the sheriff.
- 请先登录
- n. 代理人，代表
- adj. 副的；代理的
-
1. I delegated my responsibilities to my deputy.
我把职责委托给了我的代理人。
-
2. The Premier deputed the Foreign Minister to act as his deputy.
总理委派外交部长作为他的代表。
-
3. "We may not like them, " he is reported to have told James Steinberg, deputy US secretary of state, but "they are a neighbour".
“我们可能不喜欢他们，”据说他对美国副国务卿史坦博格这样说道，但是“他们毕竟是我们的邻居。”
- deputy (n.) c. 1400, "one given the full power of an officer without holding the office," from Anglo-French deputé, noun use of past participle of Middle French députer "appoint, assign" (14c.), from Late Latin deputare "to destine, allot," in classical Latin "to esteem, consider, consider as," literally "to cut off, prune," from de- "away" (see de-) + putare "to think, count, consider," literally "to cut, prune," from PIE root *pau- (2) "to cut, strike, stamp."
- 请先登录
0 个回复