单词 | deputy |
释义 | deputy/ˈdɛpjʊti /noun (plural deputies) 1A person who is appointed to undertake the duties of a superior in the superior’s absence: his deputy has been largely running the business for the past year [as modifier]: the deputy prime minister...
Synonyms second in command, second, number two, subordinate, junior, auxiliary, adjutant, lieutenant, subaltern, assistant, personal assistant, PA, aide, helper, right-hand man, henchman, underling; substitute, stand-in, fill-in, relief, understudy, supply; representative, surrogate, proxy, delegate, agent, spokesperson, ambassador, legate; Scottish depute; Latin locum tenens informal vice, man/girl Friday, sidekick, locum, temp assistant; substitute, stand-in, acting, reserve, fill-in, caretaker, temporary, short-term, provisional, stopgap, surrogate, proxy, representative; Latin pro tempore, ad interim informal second-string North American informal pinch-hitting rare expediential 1.1A parliamentary representative in certain countries: the communists had numbered 324 out of the 450 deputies...
1.2British A coal mine official responsible for safety.The general secretary of the pit deputies union said it was ironic British mineworkers were wanted in Australia....
Phrasesby deputy Derivativesdeputyship
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French depute, from late Latin deputatus, past participle of deputare (see depute). |
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