lieutenant是什么意思_lieutenant怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade

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中英词源

lieutenant 中尉，副职官员

来自古法语lieu tenant,替代，副职，lieu,地方，tenant,占用，引申词义代替，副职官员，陆军中尉等。

lieutenant: lieutenant: [14] Etymologically, a lieutenant is someone who ‘holds the place’ of another (more senior) officer – that is, deputizes for him. The word comes from French lieutenant, a compound formed from lieu ‘place’ and tenant (source of English tenant). Lieu (borrowed independently by English as lieu [13] in the phrase ‘in lieu of’) comes in turn from Latin locus ‘place’, source of English local. Locum tenens [17] (or locum for short) ‘temporary replacement’, literally ‘holding the place’, is thus a parallel formation with lieutenant.

Spellings of lieutenant with -f-, indicating the still current British pronunciation /lef-/, first appear as early as the 14th century.
=> lieu, local, tenant
lieutenant (n.): late 14c., "one who takes the place of another," from Old French lieu tenant "substitute, deputy," literally "placeholder," from lieu "place" (see lieu) + tenant, present participle of tenir "to hold" (see tenant). The notion is of a "substitute" for higher authority. Specific military sense of "officer next in rank to a captain" is from 1570s. Pronunciation with lef- is common in Britain, and spellings to reflect it date back to 14c., but the origin of this is a mystery (OED rejects suggestion that it comes from old confusion of -u- and -v-).

词态变化

复数 lieutenants;

权威造句

1. I"m a novice at these things, Lieutenant. You"re the professional.: 中尉，做这些事情我是新手，你是行家。

2. Fusilier Jones ran towards the Ops Room to find his lieutenant.: 燧发枪团士兵琼斯奔向作战指挥室寻找他的中尉长官。

3. 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。

4. He and Lieutenant Cassidy were checking the scene of the crime.: 他和卡西迪中尉正在勘查犯罪现场。

5. He"s a retired Lieutenant Colonel and a bit of a martinet.: 他是个退役中校，有点军人作风。

近反义词

subaltern 副官

deputy 代表

assistant 助手，助理，助教...

second 第二的

henchman 忠实的追随者...

aide 助手

subordinate 下级的

second-in-command 副指挥官

helper 助手

satellite 卫星；人造卫星...

hanger-on 依附他人者

bodyguard 警卫员

stooge 喜剧里的配角...

confidant 心腹朋友

counsellor 顾问

surrogate 代理人

coadjutant 协助者

advisor 顾问

secondary 次要的

attendant 伴随的

understudy 充当（某角色的）候补演员...

coadjutor 伙伴

follower 追随者

army officer 陆军军官

naval officer 海军军官,美国财政部驻海...

naval 海军的

army 军队

officer 官员

相似短语

Lieutenant General 中将

First Lieutenant 中尉

lieutenant colonel n. 陆军中校

police lieutenant phr. 警督

Second Lieutenant 少尉

first lieutenant 中尉

lieutenant general 中将

second lieutenant n. 〈军〉少尉

Lieutenant Commander 少校

Flight Lieutenant 上尉

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. lieu + tenant.
2. Etymologically, a lieutenant is someone who "holds the place" of another (more senior) officer – that is, deputizes for him.

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