lieutenant

英 [lefˈtenənt]

美 [luːˈtenənt]

n.  (陆军)中尉; (海军或空军)上尉; 仅低于…官阶的官员; (美国警察的)一定级别的警官

复数：lieutenants　

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牛津词典

noun

• （陆军）中尉；（海军或空军）上尉
  an officer of middle rank in the army, navy, or air force
  1. Lieutenant Paul Fisher
     保罗∙费希尔陆军中尉
• 仅低于…官阶的官员
  an officer just below the rank mentioned
  1. a lieutenant colonel
     中校
• （美国警察的）一定级别的警官
  (in the US) a police officer of fairly high rank
• 副职官员；助理官员；代理官员
  a person who helps sb who is above them in rank or who performs their duties when that person is unable to

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-TITLE （陆军、海军陆战队、空军）中尉，少尉；（海军）上尉；（美国警察的）警督，小队长
  Alieutenantis a person who holds a junior officer's rank in the army, navy, marines, or air force, or in the American police force.
  1. Lieutenant Campbell ordered the man at the wheel to steer for the gunboat.
     坎贝尔上尉命令舵手将船开向炮艇。
  2. Lieutenantis also a combining form.
     （亦可用于构词）
  3. ...Lieutenant Colonel Gale Carter.
     盖尔·卡特中校
• N-COUNT 助理；（尤指）副职
  If you refer to someone as a person'slieutenant, you mean they are that person's assistant, especially their main assistant, in an organization or activity.
  1. He was my right-hand man, my lieutenant on the field, a cool, calculated footballer.
     他是我的得力助手，球场上的代理人，是一个冷静而有头脑的足球运动员。

英英释义

noun

• an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
  Synonym:deputy
• an officer in a police force
  Synonym:police lieutenant
• a commissioned military officer
• an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard

双语例句

• As a second lieutenant, he had to salute damned near everybody.
  身为少尉，他几乎是逢人便得敬礼。
• Lieutenant Malcolm said she saw no sign that the exodus from Haiti was abating
  马尔科姆海军上尉说她没有发现人们大批逃离海地有减缓的迹象。
• Who murdered a Navy lieutenant.
  他谋杀了一个海军上尉。
• Did you give the lieutenant what he wanted?
  你把中尉要的东西给他了吗？
• He's got his commission and is now a lieutenant.
  他得到了委任状，现在是个中尉了。
• Usually, after the marshal and general are colonel, major captain and lieutenant, etc.
  通常，元帅之后和将军之后是上校、少校、上尉和中尉等。
• Lieutenant Campbell ordered the man at the wheel to steer for the gunboat.
  坎贝尔上尉命令舵手将船开向炮艇。
• I was a naval officer, lieutenant junior grade.
  我是一名海军中尉军官。
• The lieutenant was put in charge of an infantry platoon.
  中尉被委任指挥一个步兵排。
• He was my right-hand man, my lieutenant on the field, a cool, calculated footballer.
  他是我的得力助手，球场上的代理人，是一个冷静而有头脑的足球运动员。