deputies

/ˈdɛpjətiz/· n.

财经/商业B2

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Chinese meaning

副fù手shǒu;下xià属shǔ

协xié助zhù主zhǔ管guǎn做zuò事shì的de副fù手shǒu

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巴bā菲fēi特tè接jiē班bān人rén麾huī下xià的de高gāo管guǎn团tuán队duì

Example

Greg Abel, who succeeded Warren Buffett as Berkshire's CEO this year, has completed his first acquisition and put his deputies to work.

格gé雷léi格gé·阿ā贝bèi尔ěr今jīn年nián接jiē替tì沃wò伦lún·巴bā菲fēi特tè出chū任rèn伯bó克kè希xī尔ěrCEO后hòu,已yǐ完wán成chéng了le他tā的de首shǒu笔bǐ收shōu购gòu,并bìng让ràng他tā的de得dé力lì助zhù手shǒu们men开kāi始shǐ行xíng动dòng。

Source: Business Insider · 27 Jul 2026

Background ✎

讲jiǎng的de是shì巴bā菲fēi特tè接jiē班bān人rén阿ā贝bèi尔ěr就jiù任rèn伯bó克kè希xī尔ěrCEO后hòu完wán成chéng首shǒu笔bǐ收shōu购gòu、启qǐ用yòng团tuán队duì的de新xīn闻wén。

Roots · etymology

deputy ← 古法语 depute/deputé(deputer 的过去分词)← 晚期拉丁语 deputare(指派、委派)

  • deputy(副手)+ -ies(复数词尾,-y→-ies)

Collocations

  • deputy director / senior deputies / put deputies to work

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