单词
deputy
读音
ˈdepjuti
美式
英式
词根
Deputy 的词根是 "put" 或 "putare",在拉丁语中,它的意思是"认为"或"思考"。然后通过加上前缀 "de-"(表示降低、下降或朝下),变成 "人们认为降低或下降的",最终形成现在的 "deputy",表示代理或副职的意思。 其他的衍生单词包括: compute, dispute, reputation 等等。
释义
n. 代理人,代表 adj. 副的;代理的 [ 复数 deputies ]
例句
Who has she designated (as) her deputy?
她委任了谁为她的副手?
His brother was acting as his deputy in America.
他的兄弟充当他在美洲的代理人。
By convention the deputy leader was always a woman.
按惯例,这一领导职务的副职总是由女性担任。
Who has she designated (as) her deputy?
她委任了谁为她的副手?
His brother was acting as his deputy in America.
他的兄弟充当他在美洲的代理人。
By convention the deputy leader was always a woman.
按惯例,这一领导职务的副职总是由女性担任。
强化记忆
一个记忆这个单词的技巧是将它分解为 "de"+ "put"。你可以想象 "put" 是放置的意思,而 "de" 是向下,所以可以理解为 "副"的意思。你可以用这个小故事来帮助记忆,一个副管家(deputy butler),他的工作就是放东西,而且方位通常比主管家低一些,所以他就是 deputy。"Deputy" 这个词源自14世纪的英语,在那时它主要被用作 "指定代表或代理人"。由于其在法律和政治领域的广泛应用,使得这个词在英语中扮演了重要的角色,特别是在描绘职务或地位的语境下。
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if you were able to catch Rick Ledgett,the deputy director of the NSAwho was responding to Edward Snowden's talk earlier this week.
Or in 2007,the Norwegian deputy foreign minister, Espen Eide,to say that that would deliver the "decisive year."
When the United Kingdom Trade and Investment teamat the UK Deputy High Commission in Lagosasked us to recommend a few potential interns,
with questions to ask our guest here from the NSA.So Richard Ledgett is the 15th deputy directorof the National Security Agency,
well Bin Laden is from one of the richest families in Saudi Arabia.His deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was a pediatrician --not an ill-educated man.
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