deputy
noun /ˈdepjuti/
/ˈdepjuti/
(plural deputies)
副手;副职;代理 - I'm acting as deputy till the manager returns.
我在经理回来之前代行他的职务。 - He was appointed deputy head of the school.
他被委任为副校长。
Topics Educationc1, Businessc1- A new deputy has not yet been appointed.
尚未任命新的副手。 - She is acting as deputy to the chairman of the board.
她在代行董事会主席的职务。 - a former deputy chairman of the Democratic Party
民主党前任副主席
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acting
- former
- chief
- …
- appoint (somebody as)
- act as
- chair
- chairman
- chief
- …
- deputy to
- I'm acting as deputy till the manager returns.
- the name for a member of parliament in some countries
(某些国家的)议员 - Three women were among the 77 deputies elected.
77 名选出的议员中有 3 名是女性。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- parliamentary
- opposition
- right-wing
- …
- elect
- Three women were among the 77 deputies elected.
- (in the US) a police officer who helps the sheriff of an area
Topics Law and justicec2(美国协助地方治安官办案的)警官
词源late Middle English: from Old French depute, from late Latin deputatus, past participle of deputare ‘consider to be, assign’, from de- ‘away’ + putare ‘consider’.