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单词 deputy
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deputy

noun
 
/ˈdepjuti/
/ˈdepjuti/
(plural deputies)
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  1.  
    a person who is the next most important person below a business manager, a head of a school, a political leader, etc. and who does the person’s job when he or she is away
    • I'm acting as deputy till the manager returns.
    • He was appointed deputy head of the school.
    Extra Examples
    • A new deputy has not yet been appointed.
    • She is acting as deputy to the chairman of the board.
    • a former deputy chairman of the Democratic Party
    Topics Educationc1, Businessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • acting
    • former
    • chief
    verb + deputy
    • appoint (somebody as)
    • act as
    deputy + noun
    • chair
    • chairman
    • chief
    preposition
    • deputy to
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  2. the name for a member of parliament in some countries
    • Three women were among the 77 deputies elected.
    Topics Politicsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • parliamentary
    • opposition
    • right-wing
    verb + deputy
    • elect
    See full entry
  3. (in the US) a police officer who helps the sheriff of an areaTopics Law and justicec2
  4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French depute, from late Latin deputatus, past participle of deputare ‘consider to be, assign’, from de- ‘away’ + putare ‘consider’.
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