underlings

英 [ˈʌndəlɪŋz]

美 [ˈʌndərlɪŋz]

n.  走卒; 喽啰; 手下; 下属
underling的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 跟班儿；手下；羽翼；喽啰；走卒
  You refer to someone as anunderlingwhen they are inferior in rank or status to someone else and take orders from them. You use this word to show that you do not respect someone.
  1. Every underling feared him.
     所有的手下都怕他。
  2. ...underlings who do the dirty work.
     行卑劣之事的走卒

双语例句

• "They're robbed by underlings," said Fanny shortly." just what I said. "
  “他们是被手下那帮人坑的，”范妮烦躁地说。“就是我说的那样。”
• Meanwhile their underlings were paid about 1 per cent less than had the CEO remained childless.
  同时，这些首席执行官的下属薪水会比老板没有孩子时下降1%左右。
• She had claimed that her boss had told all his female underlings to signal with their eyes if they desperately wanted to be laid on the boardroom table.
  这名女子指控她的老板对所有女下属说出了这样的话：如果她们特别想被放倒在会议桌上，只要用眼睛示意一下。
• Let the rest of these people be seen by underlings.
  让下属去见其他这些人吧。
• Have to manage, supervise and evaluate the works of underlings.
  要对下属的工作进行管理、监察和评价。
• Even now, he works 80 to 90-hour weeks, a camera constantly trained on his face to shout commands at underlings.
  即使是现在，他每周仍然工作80至90个小时，一架摄像机瞄准他的脸，以方便他对下属发号施令。
• Tragicomically, the study found that bosses often believe their own guff, even if their underlings do not.
  令人哭笑不得的是，调查显示，不管下属们信不信老板说的废话，反正老板们自己信了。
• She surrounded herself with underlings who were too afraid of her to ever answer back.
  她找了一些对她害怕得从不敢回嘴的下属围在自己身边。
• Gan'arg Underlings and Felhound Defenders are now properly classified as demons.
  加南的手下和地狱犬守卫者现在正确的归属于恶魔。
• One of the reasons management consultants flourish is that chief executives look at their mediocre underlings and outsource work to brains on sticks instead.
  管理咨询公司能够蓬勃发展的原因之一是，首席执行官们看着他们平庸的下属，然后把工作外包给了一些书呆子。