deputy

英 ['depjuti] 美 ['depjuti]

• n. 代表；副手；议员

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]副手,代理人

   the person in a company, etc. who does the work of the leader when he or she is not there

英英释义

Noun:

1. someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

2. an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

3. a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)

4. a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. My younger brother is my deputy during my absence.
   我不在时，我弟弟代表我。
2. He is a deputy to the National People's Congress.
   他是人民代表大会代表。
3. I must find someone to act as a deputy for me during my absence.
   我必须找一个人，在我离开期间代理我的职务。
4. I am resigning as chairman and handing over to my deputy.
   我现在辞去主席职位，交由我的副手接替。
5. Our deputy manager is the virtual head of the business.
   我们的副经理是公司的实际负责人。
6. He is the deputy mayor of the city.
   他是本市的副市长。
7. The Deputy's discreet answers were at last driving him to desperation.
   国会议员那种谨慎的答话，终于使得他大失所望。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. John will act as a deputy for me during my absence.
   我离开期间,约翰将代理我的职务。
2. She is the deputy headmistress of the school.
   她是那所学校的代理校长。
3. I must find someone to act as a deputy for me during my absence.
   我必须找一个人在我离开期间代理我的职务。

经典引文

• The lesser barons were called to send deputies, instead of attending personally.

  出自： H. P. Brougham

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• appoint deputy 指定代理
• elect deputy 选代表

介词+～

• as deputy 作为代理人
• by deputy 由别人代理

～+介词

• deputy for sb 某人的代理人

词义辨析

n. (名词)

deputy, delegate, representative

• 这三个词都可作“代表”解。delegate指政府、党派等正式任命的代表; deputy指被委派正式代表他人具体办事或行使权力的人; representative则指推选出来的或权力机关正式任命的代表。

delegate，deputy，representative，agent，substitute

• 这些名词有“代表、代理人”之意。
• delegate指一般被派参加某一会议的代表。
• deputy指上级授权代理行事的代表，特指被选择为执行全部或部分公务的人。
• representative一般指被选举或委派代表某人或一些人或某个较大团体的人，其职务有时是较长期的。
• agent普通用词，通常指经授权代理另一个人或团体，或指在双方之间代表一方起中间作用的人。
• substitute主要强调某人或某物可以用来代替别的人或物的作用。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪进入英语，直接源自中古英语的depute，意为代表，代理人。

近反义词

【近义词】

• agent 代理人
• delegate 代表
• representative 代表
• assistant 助手，助理，助教...
• lieutenant 中尉
• second-in-command 副指挥官
• proxy 代理人
• attorney (辩护)律师
• ally 同盟国
• lawyer 律师
• acting 演戏
• spokesman 发言人
• helper 助手
• satellite 卫星；人造卫星...
• deputy sheriff [法] 副警长
• substitute 代用品
• surrogate 代理人