lieutenant

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lieu·ten·ant /lefˈtenənt $ luːˈten-/ noun [countableC]

a) PMa fairly low rank in the armed forces, or an officer of this rank 陆军中尉；海军上尉；空军中尉

b) PMa fairly high rank in the US police force, or an officer of this rank 〔美国警察的〕警督

2. lieutenant colonel/general/governor etc PGOan officer or official with the rank just below colonel, general2, governor etc 中校/中将/副州长等

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lieutenant colonel/general/governor etc• One 12-year-old boy arrived, claiming to be a lieutenant colonel.• He had been a lieutenant colonel in public relations in Baltimore.• He landed at night, and was met at base ops by a lieutenant colonel.• She is a nice enough lady whose husband is a lieutenant colonel, U. S. Army, retired.• He retired, still a lieutenant general, in 1972.• Three years as a legislative liaison, six years in the state senate, four tedious years as lieutenant governor.• Short was a three-star lieutenant general commanding the Army in Hawaii.• He found the lieutenant colonel, although only touching fifty, almost impossibly grand.

3. REPRESENTsomeone who does work for, or in place of, someone in a higher position 代理官员；副职官员 SYN deputy

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lieutenant• We parted with warm affection and I expect, someday, to hear he has been made a lieutenant.• In 1623 he was deputy lieutenant in Cambridgeshire, and in 1625, a colonel of the Suffolk regiments defending the coasts.• Matheson was appointed lord lieutenant and sheriff principal of the county of Ross in 1866.• Lapointe had been shot, and there was no gun found on the other lieutenant, Lefevre.• Then you can tell the lieutenants that.• The lieutenant bucked like a horse.• The lieutenant snorted in disgust, and strode off around the room to bully his men.• Rojas, 34, is reportedly a trusted lieutenant of Cerpa.

Origin lieutenant

(1300-1400) French lieu “place” + tenant “holding”

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